Background
Boulton, Edwin Charles was born on April 15, 1928 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States. Son of Glen Elwood andElsa Adina Elizabeth (Person) B.
Boulton, Edwin Charles was born on April 15, 1928 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States. Son of Glen Elwood andElsa Adina Elizabeth (Person) B.
AB, William Jewell College, 1950. Master of Divinity, Duke University, 1953. Doctor of Divinity, Iowa Wesleyan College, 1974.
Doctor of Divinity, Rust College, 1982. Doctor of Divinity, Dakota Wesleyan University, 1985. Doctor of Divinity, Mount Union College, 1989.
Doctor of Divinity, Baldwin-Wallace College, 1994. Doctor of Humane Letters, Simpson College, 1980. Doctor of Humane Letters, Westmar College, 1984.
Pastor churches West End-Vass, North Carolina, 1953, Republic Community, Iowa, 1954—1957, Pocahontas, 1957—1964, 1964—1970, district superintendent Dubuque, 1970—1973. Administrative assistant bishop Des Moines, 1973—1980. Bishop Dakotas Area Fargo, North Dakota, 1980—1988.
Bishop Ohio East Area, 1988—1996. Retired, 1996
Board directors World Methodist Council.
Married Betty Ann Fisher, July 17, 1949. Children: Ann Lisa, Charles Mitchell, James Clay, Melanie Beth.