# Dr. Dodd — Elmer Gantry character guide

> Dr. Dodd in Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Loren Larimer Dodd

**First appearance:** 0043-chapter-viii

## Who they are

A minister who debates Frank Shallard.

## In the story

### [Chapter XXX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/elmer_gantry_se/chapters/chapter-xxx)

President of Abernathy College, who visits Elmer to solicit funds and ends up offering him a D.D. degree.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/elmer_gantry_se/chapters/i)

President of Abernathy College, visits Elmer to solicit donations and offers him a Doctor of Divinity degree.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/elmer_gantry_se/chapters/ii)

President of Abernathy College who confers the degree on Elmer.

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