Background
Kurtz, Daniel Webster was born on October 9, 1879 in Hartville, Stark County, Ohio, United States. Son of Bishop John and Mary (Bollinger) Kurtz.
Kurtz, Daniel Webster was born on October 9, 1879 in Hartville, Stark County, Ohio, United States. Son of Bishop John and Mary (Bollinger) Kurtz.
Student Ohio Northern University, 1897, Mount Union College, Alliance, O., 1897-1898, 1900-1903. Bachelor of Arts, Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, 1905, Doctor of Divinity, 1911. Bachelor of Divinity, Master of Arts, Yale Division School, 1908.
Studied university of Leipzig, Berlin, Marburg, and University of Pennsylvania.
Doctor of Laws, Louisiana Verne (California) College, 1931.
Teacher Greek, Juniata College, 1909-1910. Licensed ministry Church of the Brethren, 1904, pastor 1st Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1910-1914. Ordained bishop, 1914.
President McPherson (Kansas) College, 1914-1927.
Pastor 1st Church of Brethren, Long Beach, California, 1927-1932. President Bethany Biblical Seminary, Chicago, 1932-1937.
Pastor Church of the Brethren, Louisiana Verne, California, from 1937. President General Education Board Church of Brethren, 1915-1928 (member).
President South.S. Association of Kansas, 1918-1919.
Moderator General Conference Church of Brethren, 1926-1927, 1932-1933, 1936-1937, 1939-1940. Company-worker in National Preaching Mission, 1936-1937.
Member American Academy Political and Social Sciences, Kansas History Society. Clubs: The Forum, Rotary, Kansas.
Married Ethel Wheeler, September 7, 1909. Children: Albert Wheeler, Royce Emerson, Bernard Roberson.