Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary (GCTS) is an evangelical theological seminary based in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. Gordon-Conwell was founded in 1969, with theologian Harold Ockenga as its first president. It has a doubly Baptist theological heritage: it is the product of a merger between Gordon Divinity School, formerly of Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts, and the Conwell School of Theology, formerly of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Both Adoniram Judson Gordon and Russell Conwell were Baptist ministers; Gordon's divinity school was first established as Gordon Bible Institute in 1889, while Conwell's theological school was originally chartered as Temple College in 1888. Ockenga had wanted a strong evangelical voice in New England to contend with more liberal schools like Harvard and Boston University. With the financial backing of J. Howard Pew and the unifying influence of evangelist Billy Graham, Ockenga saw the two schools shed their theological and divinity schools and join them as Gordon-Conwell. Other former presidents include Robert Cooley (1981–1997), Walter Kaiser, Jr.