Honors
Bishop Corson received honorary degrees from fifty different institutions of higher learning. He was named Kappa Sigma Fraternity's "Man of the Year" in 1951, the first time this honor was bestowed upon a religious leader. He remained a Trustee of Dickinson College as well as of other institutions.
Bishop Corson died February 16, 1985 in St. Petersburg, Florida from a cerebral hemorrhage suffered following a fall.
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