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After first refusing, Goucher eventually agreed to become president of the school in 1890 and served in this capacity until 1908. In 1910 the school was renamed in his honor. As president emeritus, Goucher served on the college's board of trustees and participated in sustained fundraising efforts for
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In 1877, Goucher married Mary Cecilia Fisher (1850–1902), who was raised in Baltimore and was the daughter of a physician. Together they had five children. Goucher's health deteriorated after his resignation as president. However, he continued to travel around the world performing missionary work,
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Following his graduation from college, Goucher sought to become a Methodist minister, telling his friends that he felt a "commission from God" to "promote Christian education" and "work for the unification of American Methodism." In 1869, he was licensed into the ministry and was assigned to the
338:. The school was chartered as the Women's College of Baltimore City in 1885 and opened three years later. Goucher and his wife made significant financial contributions towards the school's founding, which helped the fledgling institution secure a campus and begin building an endowment. 310:. As his local reputation as a minister grew, Goucher eventually became more invested in missionary work, making numerous trips to China and Japan to help found and support mission hospitals and schools. He was also instrumental in the establishment of 583: 531: 288:), as the last of four children to John Goucher and Eleanor Townsend. Periodic illness in his youth delayed his matriculation into high school, but Goucher nonetheless excelled in his studies and enrolled at 241: 587: 517: 723: 635: 718: 743: 728: 567: 386: 38: 748: 738: 713: 493: 248: 660: 636:"REV. DR. J.F. GOUCHER, NOTED METHODIST, DIES; Founder of Goucher College, Baltimore, Did Educational WorkAll Over the World" 285: 733: 672: 268:, formerly the Women's College of Baltimore City. He was one of the college's co-founders along with fellow clergyman 363:
making his last trip to China a year before his death. Goucher died of anemia at 77 on July 20, 1922, at his home in
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In the late 19th century, Goucher played a seminal role in an effort to found a women's college in Baltimore, now
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also benefitted from land that Goucher deeded to the school during its early years.
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Baltimore Conference to serve as a minister for the Methodist Episcopal Church in
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The Reverend

Goucher College
William Hersey Hopkins
Eugene Allen Noble
Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
Pikesville, Maryland
Druid Ridge Cemetery
Pikesville, Maryland
Alma mater
Dickinson College
BA
College administrator
Pastor
Academic
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GOW-chər
Methodist
pastor
Goucher College
John B. Van Meter
Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Dickinson College
Baltimore County, Maryland
Aoyama Gakuin
Shibuya, Japan
Morgan State University
Goucher College

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