Background
Stranahan, Edgar Howard was born on April 10, 1875 in New Paris, Ohio, United States. Son of John and Othelia (Kemp) Stranahan.
Stranahan, Edgar Howard was born on April 10, 1875 in New Paris, Ohio, United States. Son of John and Othelia (Kemp) Stranahan.
Bachelor of Letters, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, 1898, Master of Arts, 1906. Master Religious Education, Boston University, 1922, Doctor Religious Education, 1927.
Pastor Friends churches in Indiana, Ohio, Kansas and Iowa until 1917. Professor Bible, Wilmington (O.) College, 1903-1904, 1906-1907. Professor church history, Friends University, Wichita, Kansas, 1907-1911.
Secretary Church Federation, Wichita, 1911-1914.
Professor religious education, Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa, 1917-1933. Lecturer on psychology, Grant County, Indiana, Nurses Training School, 1934-1935.
Professor religious education Friends University, Wichita, Kansas, 1936-1940. Dean, William Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa, 1940-1943.
President Kansas State Sunday School Association, 1914, Iowa State Sunday School Association, 1918-1924.
Member Executive Committee, International Council Religious Education. Chairman of the Board on Christian education, Five Years Meeting of Friends, 1922-1937, chairman of the executive committee, 1935-1937, reading clerk, 1940. President Iowa Council of Christian Education, 1924-1933, and since 1941.
Clerk Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends, 1929-1933 and since 1941.
Pastor of the First Friends Church, Marion, Indiana, 1933-1936. President Kansas Council of Christian Education, 1938-1940.
Pastor Minneapolis Friends Church, since 1943.
Member Pi Gamma Mu Fraternity. Clubs: Rotary (president 1929-1930), Lions International, 1933-1936.
Married Irene Dickinson, April. Children: Esther, Ruth (deceased).