Background
McRight, Dan A. was born on June 26, 1940 in Sheffield, Alabama, United States. Son of Daniel Austin and Lillian Lorene (Cook) McRight.
McRight, Dan A. was born on June 26, 1940 in Sheffield, Alabama, United States. Son of Daniel Austin and Lillian Lorene (Cook) McRight.
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Davidson College, 1962. Postgraduate, University Glasgow, Scotland, 1965. Master of Divinity, Columbia Theological Seminary, 1972.
Postgraduate, Emory University, 1988.
Engineer, technician, newscaster, WHMA AM-FM television, Anniston, Alabama, 1970-1971;
chaplain intern, Georgia Regional Hospital, Atlanta, 1972-1973;
chaplain resident, Georgia Association Pastoral Care, Atlanta, 1973-1974;
chaplain resident, Georgia Regional Hospital, Atlanta, 1975;
private practice, counseling, Key Center, Huntsville, Alabama, 1975-1976;
chaplain, adolescent & children's services, Georgia Mental Health Institute, Atlanta, 1976-1978;
director pastoral services, Hospital Corporation of America Parkway Medical Center, Lithia Springs, Georgia, 1978-1989;
director psychiatry, Hospital Corporation of America Parkway Medical Center, Lithia Springs, Georgia, 1982-1989;
director clinical pastoral education, Tampa (Florida) General Hospital, since 1989. Secretary stewardship committee North Alabama Presbytery, Huntsville, 1968-1969. Candidate's committee Atlanta Presbytery, 1984-1985.
County, trustee division administration Presbytery of Greater Atlanta, 1988-1989. Committee ministry Tampa Bay Presbytery, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1990-1992.
Nominating committee Winnona Park Neighbor's Association, Decatur, Georgia, 1977. Fellow College Chaplains. Member American Association Marriage & Family Therapy, Association Clinical Pastoral Education (certified supervisor 1975, board representatives Southeast region 1996).
Married Elizabeth Paige Maxwell, July 15, 1972 (divorced June 1994). Children: William Austin, Robert Adam Owen.