Named in honor of...

Rev. Thomas McCauley

Thomas McCauley was a native of Ireland. He graduated from Union College located in New York in 1804. McCauley was a tutor there from 1805 -1806 and Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy from 1814 to 1822. During those years McCauley was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Albany. He was settled in New York City, as the Pastor of Rutgers Street Church. He then relocated to Philadelphia and had charge of, what is now, the Tenth Presbyterian Church. On June 2nd, 1830, he was elected President of the Board of Education, which only held for one year. Subsequently, he returned to New York City to assume the pastorate of the Murray Street Presbyterian Church. During this time, in 1838 he was elected to the Chair of Pastoral Theology and Church Government in the Union Theological Seminary of New York City. McCauley held this position until 1841. For a year previous to his death Dr. McCauley lived in retirement.