Background
King, Albion Roy was born on November 21, 1895 in Plevna, Kansas, United States. Son of Clarence William and Della (Parker) King.
King, Albion Roy was born on November 21, 1895 in Plevna, Kansas, United States. Son of Clarence William and Della (Parker) King.
Bachelor of Arts, Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, 1920. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Boston University, 1925. Studied at U. Strasbourg and traveled Europe, 1926.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Southern California, 1932.
April 1963); 1 son, James Edgar. Married second, Gertrude Shell Miner, June 20, 1964. Ordained to ministry Methodist Church, 1923, served as minister, Revere, Massachusetts, 1924-1927.
Instructor philosophy and psychology West. Virginia Wesleyan College, 1927-1929.
Instructor philosophy University of Southern California, 1929-1930. Assistant professor philosophy Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, 1932-1935, John Edward Johnson professor religion and ethics, 1935-1961, dean men, 1932-1949.
Lecturer Yale School Alcohol Studies, 1954, 55. Methodist Board Ministerial Training Pastors’ Schools.
Served as private, United States Marine Corps, 1918. Member of the Inter-collegiate Association for the Study of the Alcohol Problem (national president), American Philosophical Association, National Association Biblical Instructors (past president, Western division), American Legion (past commander), Phi Beta Kappa.
Member State Board Iowa Temperance League.
Club: Lions (past president).
Married Fern Creekmore, July 19, 1920 (deceased. Married second, Gertrude Shell Miner, June 20, 1964.