BIO:Reuben Archer Torrey 1856-1928 Congregationalist minister. R.A.

Torrey was educated at Yale University and Leipzig and Erlangen
Universities in Germany. In 1889 he was called to Chicago to supervise
the Moody Bible Institute and served as pastor of the Moody Memorial
Church until 1908. He toured the world, conducting evangelistic cam-
paigns with song leader Charles Alexander, holding meetings in
Tasmania, Australia, China, Japan, India, Canada, Britain, Germany, and
the United States. Torrey served as dean of the Bible Institute of Los
Angeles (Biola) from 1912 to 1924, and he was also pastor of the Church
of the Open Door in Los Angeles. He was the author of more than 40
books on salvation, soul-winning, and theology.

   ARTIST'S NOTE: The blues emphasize the cool, scholarly ap- proach of
the man. The portrait, like his teaching, is clear, cool, objective,
and neat.

   Ruckman '65
