Oberlin College rests about 35 miles from Cleveland, Ohio and boasts a strong liberal arts education and renowned music conservatory. It was named for missionary John F. Oberlin who worked with poor, remote villagers in the Alsace-Lorraine valley region of France (pictured here) and not only taught them the gospel but practical trade skills. After Oberlin died on June 1, 1826, a Presbyterian minister and a local missionary were concerned about their remote part of the world in northern Ohio and in 1833 founded Oberlin College to educate frontier people combined with practical skills as Oberlin had done. Famed evangelist Charles G. Finney was an early supporter.
