Background
Zahniser, Charles Reed was born on May 30, 1873 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Arthur and Jane (Bromley) Zahniser.
editor religious and social science educator
Zahniser, Charles Reed was born on May 30, 1873 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Arthur and Jane (Bromley) Zahniser.
Bachelor of Arts, Grove City (Pennsylvania) College, 1896, A.M., 1896, Doctor of Philosophy, 1909, Bachelor of Sacred Theology, University of Chicago, 1900.
Student pastor Presbyterian Church in United States of America, Chicago, 1898-1900. Pastor Sorrento, Illinois, 1900-1901, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1901-1914. Secretary Pittsburgh Council of Churches, 1914-1929.
Survey director Pittsburgh Area, Interchurch World Movement, 1919-1920, member editorial staff Presbyterian Advance, 1904-1912. Editor Pittsburgh Christian Outlook, 1914-1929. Extension lecturer Federal Council Churches, 1929-1935.
Professor social science and applied Christianity, Boston University, 1929-1940. Director Division of Social Work, Boston University, 1931-1937. Special consultant and lecturer on personal counseling for Army and Navy Department of National Young Men’s Christian Association 1941-1942.
Institute, University of Pittsburgh, since 1944. Trustee Pennsylvania Penitentiary, 1923-1929.
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Married Pearl Stroud, 1896 (died 1946). Children: Virgil Stroud, Pearl Charline (deceased), Chalmers Flath.