Legacy
His name lives on, as well, in the present-day Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (with campuses in South Hamilton and Boston, Massachusetts and Charlotte, North Carolina). This interdenominational evangelical theological seminary was formed in 1969 by the merger of two former divinity schools (Conwell School of Theology of Temple University in Philadelphia and Gordon Divinity School in Wenham, Massachusetts).
The author Russell Conwell Hoban was named for him. A middle magnet school in Philadelphia bears his name as well. The school yearbook is entitled "Acres of Diamonds," and has also been commonly known to reference its students by that title Acres of Diamonds. Temple University's football team also wear diamond decals on their helmets and diamond trim on their collars to reference Conwell's Acre of Diamonds speech.
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