Andrew Van Vranken Raymond

Andrew Van Vranken Raymond (8 August 1854 – 5 April 1918) was an American minister, educator and author; raised in the Dutch Reformed Faith in upstate New York.

He played baseball, edited the College Spectator, joined the Union Navy (boating club) and was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, graduating in 1875, he then attended New Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1878.

On 24 September 1879, he married Margaret Morris Thomas of Middleville, NY, she died June 11, 1907; they had two sons and a daughter.

He offered his services as supply pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Buffalo, NY during his last years as president of Union College.

[citation needed] Raymond became active in Western New York; on 1 February 1910 he was named Manager of the Buffalo State Hospital to succeed William C. Krauss, to complete his term which was to expire December 31, 1916.