Background
Poteat, Edwin Mcneill was born on November 20, 1892 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Son of Edwin McNeill and Harriet Hale (Gordon) Poteat.
Poteat, Edwin Mcneill was born on November 20, 1892 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Son of Edwin McNeill and Harriet Hale (Gordon) Poteat.
Student Furman Fitting School, 1908, Bachelor of Arts, Furman University, 1912, Master of Arts, 1913. Master of Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1916. Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Wake Forest College, 1934, Duke University, 1936, Hillsdale College, 1940.
Traveling secretary, Student Volunteer Movement, New York, 1916-1917. Missionary, Southern Baptist Convention, Kaifeng, Honan, China, 1917-1926. Associate professor philosophy and ethics.
University of Shanghai, China, 1926-1929.
Ordained to ministry of Baptist Church. Minister Pullen Memorial Church, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1929-1937, Euclid Avenue Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1937-1944.
President Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, 1944-1948. Minister Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, Raleigh, North Carolina, since 1948.
Member North Carolina State Board charities public welfare, 1930-1937, Governor's commission State Hospitals, North Carolina, 1936-1937. Clubs: Quaternion (Furman U. 1910-1912), Watauga (Raleigh, North Carolina, 1936-1937).
Married Wilda Hardman, June 27, 1917. Children: William Hardman, Harriet Alden (deceased), Elizabeth McNeill, Haley Gordon.