Background
Chatfield, Donald Franklin was born on January 29, 1935 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Irving and Marie Margaret (Walters) Chatfield.
Chatfield, Donald Franklin was born on January 29, 1935 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Irving and Marie Margaret (Walters) Chatfield.
AB, Yale University, 1956. Bachelor's Degree, Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, University Edinburgh, Scotland, 1964.
Intern/assistant minister, Erie Chapel and Neighborhood House, Chicago, 1959-1960; instructor in homiletics, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1964-1967; professor of preaching, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois, since 1967. Interim preacher various congregations in Scotland, New Jersey, Illinois, since 1963.
(An eclectic mix of imaginative sermons.)
Married Martha Jane Daily, 1959 (divorced 1967). 1 child, Nicholas Walters. Married Kathleen Hurley, August 12, 1967 (divorced November 1983).
Children: Amy Ruth, Gregory Van Cleve. Married Judith Lane, June 20, 1987.