Background
Scanlon, David Howard was born on March 27, 1875 in Staunton, Virginia, United States. Son of Michael and Mary Eliza (Garret) Scanlon.
Scanlon, David Howard was born on March 27, 1875 in Staunton, Virginia, United States. Son of Michael and Mary Eliza (Garret) Scanlon.
Bachelor of Arts, Shenandoah Normal College, Virginia, 1896, Master of Arts, 1897. Bachelor of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, Virginia, 1900. Master of Arts, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1903, Doctor of Philosophy, 1906.
Doctor of Divinity, Davidson College, 1923.
Ordained to ministry Presbyterian Church 1900. Pastor Berryville Virginia, 1900-1908. First Church Richmond Kentucky, 1908-1913, First Church, Meridian, Mississippi, 1913-1918, Moore Memorial Church (now Westminster Church), Nashville, 1918-1920.
Pastor First Church, Durham, North Carolina, 1920-1938, pastor emeritus, since 1938.
Department editor Presbyterian of South since 1939. Commissioner to General Assembly, 1918, 25, 34.
Delegate to Federal Council of Churches, Philadelphia, 1908. Member General Assembly Foreign Mission Committee, 1918-1920, Pan Presbyterian Alliance, 1929.
Former member board Davidson College.
Member Pi Gamma Mu, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Turissa May Gruver, June 4, 1896. Children: Wilko Gruver, Helen Setszer, Margaret Elizabeth, Mary Cuyler David Howard.