Background
Howard, Alfred Taylor was born on March 12, 1868 in Schoolcraft, Michigan, United States. Son of Cornelius and Harriet L. (Guilford) Howard.
Howard, Alfred Taylor was born on March 12, 1868 in Schoolcraft, Michigan, United States. Son of Cornelius and Harriet L. (Guilford) Howard.
Bachelor of Arts, Otterbein U., Westerville, O., 1894, A.M., 1898. Post-graduate work, University of Chicago, Doctor of Divinity, Otterbein, 1905.
Ordained ministry U.B. Church, 1894. Sent as missionary to Africa. Principal Clark Training School, Sierra Leone, 1894-1898.
Superintendent Japan Mission of U.B. Church, 1898-1912. Superintendent U.B. missions in Orient (Japan, China and P.I.), 1912-1913. General superintendent (bishop), foreign district of U.B. Church (Sierra Leone, Porto Rico, Japan, China and P.I.), 1913-1921.
President Bonebrake Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio, 1921-1929 and 1933-1938. professor missions and sociology, 1921-1942, retired 1942. Home: 821 Five Oaks Avenue, Dayton 6, O.
Married May D. Stevenson, June 14, 1894. Children: John Gordon, Donald Stevenson, Florence Cronise.