Dougal Ormonde Beaconsfield Walker

Background

Walker, Dougal Ormonde Beaconsfield was born on January 5, 1890 in Layou Saint Vincent, British West Indies. Son of George Oswald and Maria (Jeffers) Walker.

Education

Student Howard University, 1909-1911. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Boston University, 1914. Student Andover Division School, Harvard, 1914-1915.

Bachelor of Arts, Shaw University, 1924.

Master of Arts, Western Reserve University, 1932. Graduate student Western Reserve University, 1932-1936.

Doctor of Divinity, Allen University, Columbia, South Carolina., 1932. Doctor of Laws, Campbell College, Jacksonville, Mississippi, 1942.

Career

Yvonne. Came to the United States, 1908, naturalized, 1930. Ordained ministry African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1914. Minister People's Church, Chelsea, Massachusetts, 1911-1915, Bethel Church, New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1915-1920, Saint James Church, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1920-1921, Saint Paul Church, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1921-1925, Bethel Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1925-1926, Saint James Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1926-1936.

President Wilberforce (O.) University, 1938-1941.

Minister Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church since October 1941. Elected 66th bishop African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1948, appointed to 5th Episcopal District Trustee Wilberforce U. since 1929.

Achievements

• Dougal Ormonde Beaconsfield Walker has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Senator Mer Rekh, Alpha Phi Alpha. Mason, Odd.

Connections

Married Eva Revallion, April.

Father:

George Oswald Walker

Mother:

Maria (Jeffers) Walker

Spouse:

Eva Revallion