Dobbin, James
D. D., rector of Shattuck school of Faribault, Minn., was born June 29, 1833, in Salem, N. Y. He received his education at the Salem Washington academy, the Argyle academy; and in 1859 graduated from Union college with the degree of A. B. The same year he moved to Faribault as assistant in the mission school established by Dr. Breck the previous year.
Returning to New York in 1860 he had charge successively of the academies of Argyle and Greenwich until 1864. He then returned to Faribault for the purpose of studying for orders; resumed his old place as assistant to Dr. Breck, and in 1867 succeeded him as resident head of this combined institution; and a year later was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Whipple.
Bishop Whipple. The upbuilding of Shattuck school has been his life work.
He has administered its affairs almost from the beginning with such great foresight and executive ability that after thirty-one years of incessant labor on his part this great institution of learning has become one of the largest and most successful schools in America. In 1888 he received the degree of D. D. from Trinity college of Hartford.