Background
Selecman, Charles Claude was born on October 13, 1874 in Savannah, Missouri, United States. Son of Isaac Henry and Josephine (Smith) Selecman.
Selecman, Charles Claude was born on October 13, 1874 in Savannah, Missouri, United States. Son of Isaac Henry and Josephine (Smith) Selecman.
Student Central College, Fayette, Missouri, 1892-1898, 1916. Doctor of Divinity, Central College, University of Southern California and Kentucky Wesleyan University. Doctor of Laws, Centenary College, 1923, Austin College, Sherman, Texas, 1924, Baylor University, 1933, Southern Methodist University, 1939.
Entered ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, on rural charge, continuing 2 years. Social service work, at Kingdom House, Saint Louis, later in New Orleans. Pastor Trinity Auditorium, an institutional church, Los Angeles, California, 1913-1920, First Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Dallas, Texas, 1920-1923.
President Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 1923-1938.
Became bishop Methodist Church, 1938, retired.
Member General Hospital Board. Served with Young Men's Christian Association in the United States, England and France, 1918, World War. Member Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity.
Mason (33°, Shriner).
Married Bessie Kyle Beckner, April 27, 1899. Married second, Mabel Jack Mason, July 7th, 1945. Children: Francis Asbury, Sarah Josephine (Mistress Doctorate. West. Forbes).