Dennis Franklin Kinlaw was born on June 26, 1922, in Lumberton, N.C. and died on April 10, 2017.

He was an American academic.

Kinlaw was President of Asbury College from 1968-1981 and 1986-1991 and Chancellor of the school in 1992.

Before that, Kinlaw was a professor of Old Testament Languages and Literature at Asbury Theological Seminary (1963-1968) and a visiting professor at Seoul Theological College, Seoul, South Korea in 1959.

Kinlaw held a B.A from Asbury College (1943), an M.Div from Asbury Theological Seminary (1946), and M.A. and Ph.D. from Brandeis University.

Kinlaw was the founder of the Francis Asbury Society and authored several books.

In honor of him, The Kinlaw Library on Asbury College’s campus is named of both the late Dennis Kinlaw and his late wife, Elsie.

Dennis F. Kinlaw passed away at 94 years old.