Christian N. Hostetter

Christian N. Hostetter was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He attended Messiah Bible School and Missionary Training School, Winona Lake School of Theology (1937 and 1941) University of Chicago (1945). He received a Doctor of Divinity degree from Houghton College in 1945 and a Doctor of Law degree from Greenville College in 1949. He was president of Messiah College form 1934 to 1960.

Dianne Shapiro from PhD dissertation "A Historical Study of The Function of Music Among The Brethren In Christ" by Herbert Royce Saltzman, University of Southern California, 1964