Introduction

Biography

Blaisdell at­tend­ed Bel­oit Col­lege, Wisconsin (ba­che­lor’s de­gree, 1889) and the Hart­ford, Con­nec­ti­cut, Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry (DD 1892).

Ordained a Con­gre­ga­tion­al min­is­ter, he pa­stored in Wau­ke­sha, Wis­con­sin (1892–96) and Ol­iv­et, Mi­chi­gan (1896–1903).

He then served as Pro­fes­sor of Bib­li­cal Li­te­ra­ture and An­cient Ori­ent­al His­to­ry at Bel­oit Col­lege, li­bra­ri­an, and pas­tor at the Sec­ond Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church in Bel­oit, Wis­con­sin (1903–10).

He was al­so vice pr­es­ident of the Ul­tra-Vio­let Pro­ducts Com­pa­ny, South Pa­sa­de­na, Ca­li­for­nia; pre­si­dent, In­ter-Am­er­ican Foun­da­tion; pre­si­dent, Po­mo­na Col­lege, Ca­li­for­nia (1910–26); and pre­si­dent, Clare­mont Col­lege, Ca­li­for­nia (1926–56).

In 1962, Blais­dell Park was named af­ter him in Clare­mont, Ca­li­for­nia.