hosts scholars and artists from Asia to spend time on the Oberlin campus.
=== 20th century ===
Henry Churchill King became Oberlin's sixth president in 1902. At Oberlin from 1884 onward, he taught in mathematics, philosophy, and theology. Robert K. Carr served as Oberlin College president from 1960 to 1970, during the tumultuous period of student activism. Under his presidency, the school's physical plant added 15 new buildings. Under his leadership, student involvement in college affairs increased, with students serving on nearly all college committees as voting members (including the board of trustees).
In 1970, Oberlin made the cover of Life as one of the first colleges in the country to have co-ed dormitories. Despite these accomplishments, Carr clashed repeatedly with the students over the Vietnam War, and he left office in 1969. History professor Ellsworth C. Carlson became acting president.
Robert W. Fuller had left Oberlin without graduating to pursue graduate work in physics, but had shown commitment …
