Jesse Lee Cuninggim

Jesse Lee Cuninggim
Born	1870 North Carolina
Education	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Chicago Vanderbilt University
Occupation	Clergyman, university administrator
Spouse(s)	Maud Lillian Merrimon
Children	Merrimon Cuninggim Margaret Cuninggim

Jesse Lee Cuninggim (1870–unknown) was an American Methodist clergyman and university professor and administrator. After serving as Head of the Department of Religious Education at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, he served as the President of Scarritt College for Christian Workers, which he moved from Kansas City, Missouri to Nashville, Tennessee.

Jessee Lee Cuninggim was born in 1870 in North Carolina. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master's degree from the University of Chicago. He also studied theology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.

Cuninggim served as Head of the Department of Religious Education at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He later received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from SMU.

Cuninggim then served as the President of Scarritt College for Christian Workers, then known as the Scarritt Bible and Training School, a girl's missionary seminary affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1923, he moved it to Nashville, Tennessee, on the edge of Vanderbilt University and Peabody College, and renamed it Scarritt College. His goal was to increase its academic focus. Later, he also served as Director of the Department of Ministerial Supply and Training at Vanderbilt University and taught Religion in Wesley Hall.

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