Frederick James Shields was a minister, educator, and president of the

Eastern Nazarene College The Eastern Nazarene College (ENC) was a Private university#United States, private, Christian college in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States. Established as a Holiness Movement, holiness college in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1900, the college m ...

Education

Shields earned his

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from Nazarene University in 1915 and

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s from the

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and

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. He also attended the

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and the

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Career and ministry

After earning his master's degree from the University of Southern California, Shields went to

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. He was acting as president of the college there when he left for North Scituate,

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to replace President J.E.L. Moore at the

on the advice of

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. When the college moved to

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, in Quincy, in 1919, Shields moved with the school. He was president of the college from 1919 to 1923. During that time, he attended

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. After relinquishing the presidency at Eastern Nazarene, Shields taught at Connecticut Women's College in

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before returning to his

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, to teach education and psychology, where he was awarded an honorary

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in 1935. In 1935, after receiving his honorary doctorate from Pasadena, he returned to Eastern Nazarene to teach. Shields took the pastorate at Bethany Nazarene Church in

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in 1941, after his return to Eastern Nazarene in 1935.

Legacy

Shields Hall, a residence hall for male freshman, on the campus of

is named in honor of Fred Shields. The first edition of the student yearbook at Eastern Nazarene, ''The Nautilus'', was also dedicated to President Shields in 1922.

Notes and references

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