Upon returning to Iowa , he received a Doctor of Divinity degree from Grinnell College .
Deciding upon a pastoral career , White then attended the Hartford Theological Seminary during the Russo - Turkish War ( 1877 - 1878 ) and continued his education at Oxford University in England .
Upon returning to Iowa , White received a Doctor of Divinity degree from Grinnell College .
Deciding upon a pastoral career , White then attended the Hartford Theological Seminary during the Russo - Turkish War ( 1877 - 1878 ) and continued his education at Oxford University in England .