Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1898, Feb. 27 | Born, Florissant, Colo. |
| 1914-1916 | Educated, Sterling College, Sterling, Kansas |
| 1917 | Aviator, United States Naval Aviation |
| 1918 | A.B., Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. |
| 1919 | M.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1919-1922 | Attended, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, N.J., and ordained to Ministry, Presbyterian Church |
| 1923-1925 | Authored curriculum and educational program for the Presbyterian Church |
| 1924-1925 | Secretary, Young People's Work, Presbyterian Education, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 1925 | Married Harriet Sidney Thompson |
| 1925 | Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 1925-1926 | Professor of philosophy and religion, Alborz College, Tehran, Iran |
| 1926-1931 | Dean, Alborz College, Tehran, Iran |
| 1931-1945 | President, Washington and Jefferson College |
| 1933-1945 | President, Board of Trustees, Alborz College, Tehran, Iran |
| 1939-1943 | Director, Presbyterian Board of Christian Education |
| 1939-1945 | Director, Kiskiminetas Springs School, Saltsburg, Pa. |
| 1940-1944 | Member, Executive Committee, Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities (served again from 1953 to 1957). |
| 1940-1945 | Director, Western Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| 1941-1943 | Director, Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Washington, D.C. (served again in the 1950s) |
| 1942-1944 | Vice president, Pennsylvania United War Fund |
| 1942 | Awarded Yorktown Medal by Society of Cincinnati |
| 1942-1945 | Executive Director, Civilian Defense for Pennsylvania |
| 1942-1956 | Vice chairman, Pennsylvania Aeronautics Communications |
| 1945-1948 | Director, Governor's Committee on Civil Defense, Pennsylvania |
| 1945-1950 | Director, Pennsylvania Commission on Higher Education. Vice president, Pennsylvania State YMCA |
| 1945-1957 | President, Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. |
| 1948-1950 | Member, Commission on Religion in Higher Education, Presbyterian Board of Christian Education |
| 1950-1953 | Director, Council on Education in Arbitration of the American Arbitration Association Chairman |
| 1952-1956 | Director, National Advisory Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases Council |
| 1953-1955 | Director, Lay Committee of the National Council of Churches of Christ |
| 1953-1957 | Member, Executive Committee, Pennsylvania Foundation of Independent Colleges, Executive Committee (president,1956) |
| 1957 | Legion of Honor, French Republic |
| 1957-1959 | Educational Advisor to the Oil Consortium of Iran |
| 1957-1960 | Chancellor, Abadan Institute of Technology, Iran Educational Adviser, National Iranian Oil Co. |
| 1957-1966 | Director, Studies In Higher Education, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 1960 | Executive Director, National Presbyterian Center, Washington, D.C. |
| 1966, Mar. 15 | Died |