Samuel Martin Thompson (1901–1983) was an American philosopher, frequent contributor to scholarly journals and author of three bestselling textbooks of philosophy.
Following in the footsteps of his father, Samuel graduated from Monmouth College in 1924 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.
In 1957, the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church authorized the appointment of a committee to consider a new statement of faith.
Thompson was the only layman among the fifteen members of the Committee on a Brief Contemporary Statement of Faith, serving as its secretary.
The constant concern of each of us must be to protect the integrity of his discipline from any who would pollute it to satisfy the enemies of knowledge, or dilute it for the sake of popularity, or cheapen it to titillate the vulgar.
[6] He was so revered at Monmouth College that a lecture series, a student society (club), and an essay contest are named after him and continue as of 2015.