Background
Bosley, Harold Augustus was born on February 19, 1907 in Burchard, Nebraska, United States. Son of Augustus and Effie (Sinclair) Bosley.
Bosley, Harold Augustus was born on February 19, 1907 in Burchard, Nebraska, United States. Son of Augustus and Effie (Sinclair) Bosley.
Bachelor of Arts, Nebraska Wesleyan College, 1930, Doctor of Divinity, 1943. Doctor of Divinity, Northwestern University, 1950. Bachelor of Divinity, University of Chicago, 1932, Doctor of Philosophy, 1933.
Doctor of Sacred Theology (honorary), Ripon College, 1953.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Cornell College, 1953. Doctor of Divinity, Manchester College, 1964, Central Methodist College, 1972.
Entered ministry Methodist Church as local preacher, 1924. Ordained elder by Nebraska Conference, 1933. Director religious activities Iowa State Teachers College, 1934-1938.
Minister Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church, Baltimore, 1938-1947.
Dean Division School, also preacher to Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1947-1950. Minister 1st Methodist Church, Evanston, Illinois, 1950-1962.
Senior minister Christ Church Methodist, New York City, 1962-1974. Lecturer at various conferences, also religious emphasis weeks at various colleges universities.
Lecturer Earl Foundation, Pacific School Religion, 1942, Ayer Foundation, Rochester Colgate Division School, 1944, Russell Foundation, Tufts College, 1948, Carnahan seminars and schools in Latin American, 1951, Japan, of Korea, 1955.
Mendenhall lecturer DePauw University, 1957. Wilson lecturer McMurry College, Abilene, Texas, 1959. Member interfaith team to South.E. Asia, 1965, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1967, 68, 69, Spain, 1968.
Delegate 2d assembly World Council of Churches, Evanston, Illinois, 1954, 3d assembly, New Delhi, 1961, 4th assembly, Uppsala, Sweden, 1968.
Chancellor lecturer Queens College, Canada, 1951. Delegate, member central committee World Conference on Religion and Peace, Kyoto, Japan, 1970, member central committee World Conference on Religion and Peace, Louvain, Belgium, 1974.
Member interfaith team to South.E. Asia, 1965, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1967, 68, 69, Spain, 1968. Member American Philosophical Association.
Married Margaret Marie Dahlstrom, July 21, 1928. Children: Paul Shailer, Sidney Stanton (deceased), Norman Keith, Diane Marie, David Merril.