Benjamin Rice Lacy

Background

Lacy, Benjamin Rice was born on July 30, 1886 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of Benjamin Rice and Mary (Burwell) Lacy.

Education

Graduate Raleigh Male Academy, 1902. Bachelor of Arts, Davidson (North Carolina) College, 1906, Doctor of Divinity, 1919. Bachelor of Arts Modern History, University of Oxford, England, 1910.

Bachelor of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, 1913, Hoge fellow, 1913-1914.

Doctor of Laws, Hampden-Sydney College, 1928. Doctor of Divinity, Duke University, 1934.

Doctor of Laws, University of North Carolina, 1948. Doctor honoris causa, Theological Faculty of the University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.

Career

Ordained ministry Presbyterian Church in the United States, 1914. Home missionary, Wake County, North Carolina, 1914-1917. Chaplain, captain 113th Field Artillery, 30th Division, United States Army, July 1918-April 1919.

Pastor Central Church, Atlanta, 1919-1926.

President Union Theological Seminary Virginia, 1926-1956. Pastor College Church and chaplain of Hampden-Sydney College, since 1956.

Moderator General Assembly, Presbyterian Church in United States, 1950.

Achievements

• Benjamin Rice Lacy has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman, educator. by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: Revivals in the Midst of the Years, 1943.

Membership

Member of the Kappa Alpha, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa. Clubs: Longwood, Hermitage Country.

Connections

Married Emma Elizabeth White, April 19, 1919. Children: Benjamin Rice III, William White, Emma Elizabeth, Robert Burwell.

Father:

Benjamin Rice Lacy

Mother:

Mary (Burwell) Lacy

Spouse:

Emma Elizabeth White

child:

Robert Burwell Lacy

child:

Emma Elizabeth Lacy

child:

Benjamin Rice III Lacy

child:

William White Lacy