Background
McGiffert, Arthur Cushman was born on November 27, 1892 in Cincinnati. Son of Arthur Cushman and Gertrude Huntington (Boyce) McGiffert.
McGiffert, Arthur Cushman was born on November 27, 1892 in Cincinnati. Son of Arthur Cushman and Gertrude Huntington (Boyce) McGiffert.
AB, Harvard University, 1913; postgraduate, Harvard Divinity School, 1919; postgraduate, American School Archaeology, Athens, Greece, 1913-1914; Bachelor's Degree, Union Theological Seminary, 1917; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1917; postgraduate, U. Zurich, 1919-1920; Doctor of Divinity, Chicago Theological Seminary, 1939; Doctor of Laws, College of the Pacific, 1945; Doctor of Letters, Pacific School Religion, 1945.
Pastor, All Souls Church, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1920-1926; professor Christian theology, Chicago Theological Seminary, 1926-1939; president, Chicago Theological Seminary, 1946-1958; president emeritus, Chicago Theological Seminary, from 1959; president, Pacific School Religion, 1939-1945.
Trustee Dillard U.; member American Civil Liberties Union. First lieutenant United States Army. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Upsilon.
Married Elisabeth Eliot, May 29, 1917. Children: David Eliot, Michael, Ellen.