E.D. Rand (1854 - 1887) was an enormously successful Burlington lumber merchant. After his death, his seond wife, Carrie Amanda Sherfy, established the Chair of Applied Christianity at Grinnell College. It's first occupant was George Herron, former associate pastor at First Congregational Church, who used his teaching position to advance the Social Gospel movement in the late 1800s. Herron divorced his first wife and married Carrie Sherfy Rand, daughter of E.D. Rand. Their son, Rand Herron, was killed in 1932 when he fell from the Great Pyramid in Egypt.
Peak behind this door and you will see a magnificant Stain Glass Windor!
