Background
Dawson, Dana was born on April 18, 1892 in Cherokee County, Iowa, United States. Son of Jay F. and Nettie (Armstrong) Dawson.
Dawson, Dana was born on April 18, 1892 in Cherokee County, Iowa, United States. Son of Jay F. and Nettie (Armstrong) Dawson.
Doctor of Divinity, Morningside College, 1950. Student, University Chicago. Doctor of Divinity, Centenary College of Louisiana, 1936.
Doctor of Laws, Kansas Wesleyan University, 1949. Doctor of Letters, Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, 1949. Doctor of Humane Letters, Baker University, 1955.
Pastor, Oklahoma City, 1921-1926; pastor, Fort Smith, Arkansas, 1927-1934; pastor, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1934-1948; exchange preacher, Paris and Liverpool, 1937; elected bishop, Methodist Church, Kansas, Nebraska, 1948-1952.
Member Board of Missions and Church Extension, Methodist Church Board of Education, Methodist Church General Board of Lay Activities, board of trustees, S. Methodist University (Dallas), Kansas Wesleyan University (Salina), Southwestern College (Winfield, Kansas, Baker University (Baldwin, Kansas), National College Christian Workers, Kansas City, Missouri, General Board Temperance Methodist Church, Theta Pi.
Married Grace Elizabeth Lewis, August 7, 1912. Children: La Verne Dawson Mason, Dana. Married second, Delma Millikan, November 2, 1926.