Background
Swartz, Charles Benjamin was born on September 11, 1890 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of William Paley and Florence Allen (Reed) Swartz.
Swartz, Charles Benjamin was born on September 11, 1890 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of William Paley and Florence Allen (Reed) Swartz.
Bachelor of Arts, Lafayette College, 1911 (valedictorian). Bachelor of Arts, Merton College, University of Oxford, England, 1914. Bachelor of Divinity, summa cum laude, Union Theological Seminary, 1917, School of Theology and Ministry, magna cum laude, 1921.
Doctor of Divinity, Blackburn College, 1925.
Appointed Rhodes scholar, Pennsylvania, 1911. Pastor Forest Hills (Long Island) Church, 1914-1916. Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1916.
Student assistant Central Church, New York City, 1916-1917. Assistant pastor Bryn Mawr (Pennsylvania) Church, 1917-1918. Pastor Woodlawn Heights Church, New York City, 1919-1924, First Church, Chicago, 1924-1926, First Church, Galesburg, Illinois, 1927-1931, First Church, Bloomington, Indiana, 1931-1944.
Director student work Indiana U. Instructor in Bible, Knox College, 1928-1931. With Army Young Men’s Christian Association and director religious education in colleges, Department of the East, War Work Council Young Men’s Christian Association, 1918-1919.
Chairman, Commision on Organisation of Council of Churches for Indiana, 1937-1939. President Indiana Pastors Convention, 1937.
Member of board of managers. Member General Council of Synod of Illinois, 1927-1931. Professor of religion and philosophy, Hanover (Indiana) College 1945.
Member Council of Synod of Indiana, Presbyterian Church, since 1943. Member Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa. Ex-president Bloomington Kiwanis.
Married Ruth Elizabeth Fowler, June 14, 1921. Children: David Fowler, Barbara Reed, Mary Billington.