In 1971, students and faculty from Garrett endorsed a campaign calling for a set return time for U.S. forces from Indochina (from "Methodism and Politics in the Twentieth Century" by Mark Tooley).
1972 Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern studied here, after a distinguished career as a pilot during World War II and graduation from Dakota Wesleyan University in South Dakota.
A graduate school of theology of the UMC, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary serves more than 400 students and its 4,500 living alumni serve the church, the academy and our world. Read more