Background
Mcclain, Dayton Ernest was born on May 15, 1879 in Gumboro, Delaware, United States. Son of Levin White and Mary Ellen (Culver) Mcclain.
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Dayton Ernest Mcclain
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Bachelor of Arts, Dickinson College, 1906. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1907. Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1909, Bachelor of Sacred Theology, 1917 (as of 1909).
Doctor of Laws, American University, 1939. Doctor of Humane Letters, John Brown U., 1950, Doctor of Sacred Theology, 1954. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Wofford College, 1959.
Career
; children—Mae Elizabeth (wife of Doctor Alpine W. McGregor), Preston LeRoy. Married second, Myrtle D. Derrickson, June 13, 1959. Principal Tyaskin (Maryland.) Grammar School, 1900-1901.
Ordained to ministry, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1909. Paster Milo Junction and Milo (Maine) Churches, 1909-1914, Knight Memorial, Calais, Maine, 1914-1916, Bar Harbor, Maine, 1916-1918. Director of finance in Centenary Movement, 1918-1920.
Member finance department, Board Education, 1920-1926. Director finance American University, 1926-1932, vice president from 1939. Pastor Deals Island (Maryland.) Church, 1934-1937, Zion Methodist Episcopal Church, Cambridge, Maryland., 1937-1939.
Superintendent Anti-Saloon League of Delaware, 1933-1934. Delaware to Methodist Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference, 1952.
Politics
The state should not attempt to control the church, nor should the church seek to dominate the state. The separation of church and state should not be misconstrued as the abolition of all religious expression from public life.
Views
It is good for Christians with different approaches to the interpretation of the Bible to engage with each other and argue how the Bible should be applied to issues in our contemporary world.
Membership
Member Washington Board Trade since 1939. Mason (32 degree, Knights Templar, Shriner), Odd. Club: Universities. World’s strawberry picking record, 787 qts.
Connections
Married Edna May Insley, March 27, 1901 (deceased.; married second, Myrtle D. Derrickson, June 13, 1959. Children: Mae Elizabeth (wife of Doctor.
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Religion
Methodist