Negro on the Board

"Union Theological Seminary is always glad to pioneer in the way of righteousness. Dr. Imes would rank with any white man in the Presbytery in culture, outlook and ability."

So said President Henry Sloane Coffin, regarding the election of the first Negro ever named to the board of a major U.S. educational institution. He is Dr. William Lloyd Imes, scholarly pastor of St. James' Church in Harlem, the third largest Presbyterian church in New York City. Union has always admitted Negro students; of its present enrollment of 311, eleven (3.5%) are Negroes.

Born in Memphis, Dr. Imes graduated from Union in 1915, served as president of its Alumni Club, holds degrees from Fisk, Columbia and Lincoln Universities. In 17 years at St. James' he has built up a devoted, self-sustaining congregation. He is active in racial affairs, a trustee of the Association for the Advancement of Colored People, of the Department of Race Relations of the Federal Council of Churches.

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