Covert, William Chalmers, 1864-1942 (Personal Name)

An historical address, 1934: t.p. (Rev. William Chalmers Covert)

PPPrHi files (William Chalmers Covert, 1864-1942; Presbyterian minister)

Marquis who's who WWW site, Oct. 23, 2018 (William Chalmers Covert; born in Franklin, Indiana, Oct. 4, 1864, died Feb. 4, 1942; B.A., Hanover (Ind.) Coll., 1885, A.M., 1888; grad. Presbyn. Theol. Seminary, Chicago, 1888; D.D., Hanover, 1905, D.Litt., 1933; LL.D., Blackburn Coll., Carlinville, Ill., 1917; S.T.D., Waynesburg Coll., Waynesburg, Pa., 1924; married Alice Brown Hudson, May 14, 1890; children: Hudson, Katharine (Mrs. L. H. Nichols), Seward. Ordained Presbyn. ministry, St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 1888; pastor, St. Paul Park, 1888-92, Merriam Park Ch., St. Paul, 1892-1900, First Ch., Saginaw, Mich., 1900-05, 41st St. Ch., Chicago, 1905-12, First Presbyn. Ch., Chicago, 1913-24; gen. sec. Bd. of Christian Edn. of Presbyn. Ch., 1924-34; visiting prof. homiletics, Western Theol. Sem., Pittsburgh, 1939-40; mem. Federal Council Chs. of Christ in America; mem. exec. com. Council of Ch. Bds. of Edn. and of exec. com. World Alliance of Internat. Friendship Through the Chs. Awarded Silver Buffalo, Boy Scouts of America, 1939. Dir. Presbyn. Theol. Sem.; trustee Hood Coll. for Women; vice chmn. Save the Children Fedn., chmn. Nat. Protestant Com. on Scouting; moderator Gen. Assembly Presbyn. Ch., 1935. Author: Glory of the Pines; Wildwoods and Waterways, 1914; New Furrows in Old Fields; Religion in the Heart, 1926; Christ and Culture, 1930; Facing Our Day, 1934; Handbook to the Hymnal, 1935; With Cross and Crown in Every Land (pageant), 1937. Home: Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.)