Background
Skinner, Clarence Russell was born on March 23, 1881 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of Charles Montgomery and Ada (Blanchard) Skinner.
Skinner, Clarence Russell was born on March 23, 1881 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of Charles Montgomery and Ada (Blanchard) Skinner.
Bachelor of Arts, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, 1904, Master of Arts, 1910. Doctor of Divinity from Meadville (Pennsylvania) Theological School, 1926. Doctor of Divinity, from St. Lawrence University, 1933.
Studied Harvard, Columbia, and School for Social Workers.
Ordained Universalist ministry, 1904. Assistant pastor in New York City, 1904-1906. Pastor Mount Vernon, New York, 1906-1911, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1911-1914.
Professor applied Christianity, Tufts College, since 1914, also dean since February 1933. Engaged in social work, University Settlement, New York, 1908-1909. Social service secretary, Universalist Denomination, 1910-1919.
President State Convention Massachusetts Universalists, 1918-1920. Chairman Commision on Social Welfare Universalist Church, 1935-1944. Chairman League for Democratic Control.
Trustee St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York Leader, Community Church, Boston, 1920-1936. Editorial staff, Unity.
Author: Social Implications of Universalism. A Free Pulpit in Action, 1931. Liberalism Faces the Future, 1937.Human Nature and the Nature of Evil, 1939. Co-author: Life of John Murray, Founder of Universalism, “A Religion for Greatness.” Lecturer on social economic, international topics.
Member American Sociological Society, American Association of University Professors, American Civil Liberties Union (director), Beta Theta Pi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Clara L. Ayres, October 16, 1906.