Arthur L. Carson (May 29, 1895 – April 11, 1985) was an American missionary and educator who served as the president of Silliman University in Dumaguete, Philippines, from 1939 to 1953.
A graduate of Pennsylvania State College and Cornell University, Carson served as a missionary for the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
He was assigned in China from 1921 to 1939 where he was engaged in agricultural work from 1923 to 1926 in the locality of Weixian, Shandong Province, and later on as director of the Rural Institute of Cheeloo University in Jinan from 1931 to 1939.
[1] After his tour in China, Carson was transferred by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church to the Philippines, where he served as president of Silliman University from 1939 to 1953.
When World War II broke out, he joined the Philippine resistance forces and continued his missionary work in the mountain barrio of Malabo, Municipality of Valencia, Province of Negros Oriental.