Background
Steere, Douglas Van was born on August 31, 1901 in Harbor Beach, Michigan, United States. Son of Edward Morris and Edith Ruby (Monroe).
Steere, Douglas Van was born on August 31, 1901 in Harbor Beach, Michigan, United States. Son of Edward Morris and Edith Ruby (Monroe).
Bachelor of Science in Agr, Michigan State University, 1923. A.M., Harvard University, 1925. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1931.
Bachelor (Rhodes scholar), Oxford University, 1927. Master of Arts, Oxford University, 1953. Doctor of Divinity, Lawrence College, 1950.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Oberlin College, 1954. Doctor of Humane Letters, Earlham College, 1965. S.T.D., General Theological Seminary, 1967.
Doctor of Laws, Haverford College, 1970.
Teacher Onaway (Michigan) High School, 1921-1922. Faculty philosophy Haverford College, from 1928, professor, from 1941, also director graduate reconstruction and relief training, 1943-1945, Thomas Wistar Brown professor philosophy, 1950-1964, Thomas Wistar Brown professor emeritus, from 1964. Reinicker lecturer Episcopal Theological Seminary, 1938.
Ingersoll lecturer Harvard, 1942. William Belden Noble lecturer, 1943. Alden Tuthill lecturer Chicago Theological Seminary, 1943.
Carew lecturer Hartford Theological Seminary, 1945. Hoyt lecturer Union Theological Seminary, New York City, 1947. Rauschenbusch lecturer Rochester-Colgate, 1952.
Swarthmore lecturer, London, 1955, Nitobe lecturer, Tokyo, 1954. Dana lecturer Carleton College, 1954, 62. Stone lecturer Princeton Theological Seminary, 1957, Emily Hobhouse Memorial lecturer, Johannesburg, 1957.
Harry Emerson Fosdick visiting professor Union Theological Seminary, 1961-1962, Auburn lecturer, 1961. Maurice Webb lecturer University Natal, South Africa, 1971. Shaffer lecturer Northwestern University, 1976.
Organizer Quaker Relief Action, Finland, 1945. Chairman Friends World Committee, 1964-1970. Quaker observer-delegate Vatican Council II, 1963-1965, Lambeth Conference, London, 1968.
Chairman board directors Pendle Hill School Religion and Social Studies, 1954-1970, director summer school, 5 summers. Summer school Union Theological Seminary, 1947, 51. Trustee John Woolman Memorial, chairman board trustees, 1947-1954.
Trustee Walnwright House, Lewis M. Stevens Conference Foundation. Member American Philosophical Association, Association Rhodes Scholars, American Theological Society (secretary 1935-1942, vice president 1944-1945, president 1945-1946), American Association of University Professors, International Fellowship of Reconciliation (chairman American section 1954-1966), Phi Beta Kappa.
Son of; married Dorothy Lou Mac-Eachron, June 12, 1929. Children– Helen Horn, Anne Nash.