Reverend George Creider Heckman D.D., LL.D (January 26, 1825 – March 5, 1902) was a Presbyterian minister and the ninth president of Hanover College serving from 1870 to 1879.

[1] Heckman first pursued education in the field of ministry while studying at the Easton Classical Academy and later attended Lafayette College at the age of 16, graduating in 1845.

[1] During the American Civil War, Heckman was requested by Colonel John H. King to join the 9th Regiment as volunteer chaplain.

While in the infantry, Heckman was a sergeant in a company of Indiana minute-men, formed entirely of clergymen, though never called into battle.

[1] He was a long time member of the Sons of the American Revolution and president from 1891 to 1892 of the Pennsylvania German Society.