Background
Copeland, Clarence Edmund was born on June 11, 1891 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Edward and Clara (Giessler) Copeland.
Copeland, Clarence Edmund was born on June 11, 1891 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Edward and Clara (Giessler) Copeland.
Student, Watters Business College, 1908-1909; student, Alexander Hamilton Institute, 1911-1913.
Secretary, Business Svc., St. Louis, 1920-1928; president, Copeland & Hasselbring, real estate, 1928-1932; executive secretary, St. Louis County Relief Committee, Clayton, Missouri, 1932-1936; finance secretary, Missouri Baptist Hospital, St. Louis, 1936-1938; director public relations, Missouri Baptist Hospital, St. Louis, 1938-1943; administrator, Missouri Baptist Hospital, St. Louis, from 1943.
Moderator St. Louis Baptist Association, 1944. President Missouri Baptist Brotherhood, 1941, 42. Missouri representative Baptist Brotherhood of South, 1946-1947.
Second lieutenant, United States Army, World War I. Fellow American College Hospital Adminstrs. Member American (house of deals 1952-1953), Missouri (president 1950-1951), American Protestant (president 1954-1955, treasurer 1957-1961), Southwest Baptist (president 1951-1952), Midwest (president 1960-1961) hospital associations, Masons.
Married Gladys Pearl Wolf, July 18, 1919. Children: William Henry, Ruth Elaine (Mistress Carr C. Krueger), Robert Wayne.