United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981920Black and white photograph of Dr. John W.E. Bowen. In 1893 Bowen became a professor at Gammon Theological Seminary, making him the first African American to teach there full-time. On October 12, 1906 he took office as the third president of the Gammon Theological Seminary. Gammon Theological Seminary was founded in 1883 by the Methodist Episcopal Church. Gammon is The United Methodist component of a consortium of six historical African American theological schools, The Interdenominational Theological Center.image/jpegauc.003.indx1.00000000.pho0226.jpgDigital Collection of Robert W. Woodruff Library (AUC)http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Theological seminary presidents--Georgia--AtlantaInterdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.)Interdenominational cooperation--Georgia--AtlantaClergy--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American theological seminaries--Georgia--AtlantaUniversities and colleges--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American universities and colleges--Georgia--AtlantaGammon Theological SeminaryUnited Methodist Church (U.S.)Photograph of Dr. John W.E. Bowen, Atlanta, Georgia, circa 1920Text