Daniel Day Williams

Background

Williams, Daniel Day was born on September 12, 1910 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Wayne Cullen and Lena Belle (Day) Williams.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Denver, 1931. Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1933. Bachelor of Divinity, Chicago Theological Seminary, 1934, honorary Doctor of Divinity, 1966.

Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1940.

Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Colorado College, 1965, Bloomfield College, 1973.

Career

Ordained to ministry Congressional Church, 1936. Pastor First Congressional Church, Colorado Srpings, Colorado, 1936-1938. Dean Shove Memorial Chapel, instructor religion Colorado College, 1938-1939.

Rauschenbush lecturer Colgate-Rochester Division School, 1947.

Mead-Swing lecturer Oberlin College, 1951. Lecturer general council Congressional Churches, 1952, member of commission on basis of social action, 1953.

Nathaniel Taylor lecturer Yale Division School, 1953. Professor Christian theology Chicago Theological Seminary, also Federated Theological Faculty, University of Chicago, 1939-1954.

Associate director Theological Education Survey, 1954-1955.

Professor systematic theology Union Theological Seminary, New York City, 1954-1959, Roosevelt professor systematic theology, 1959-1973. Alden-Tuthill lecturer Chicago Theological Seminary, also Earl lecturer Pacific School Religion, 1959. Lecturer Theological Faculties Institute, Singapore, 1960.

Congregational delegate Faith and Order Conference, Lund, Sweden, 1952.

Delegate of United Church Christ to faith and order committee World Council Churches, 1971-1973.

Achievements

• Daniel Day Williams has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Theological Society (president 1966), Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

Connections

Married Eulalia Westberg, June 15, 1935.

Father:

Wayne Cullen Williams

Mother:

Lena Belle (Day) Williams

Spouse:

Eulalia Westberg