Background
Gearhart, Ephraim Maclay was born on December 25, 1880 in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Harris and Mary (Cornman) Gearhart.
State Teachers College Member Board of Directors
Gearhart, Ephraim Maclay was born on December 25, 1880 in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Harris and Mary (Cornman) Gearhart.
Bachelor of Arts, Susquehanna University, 1903, graduate theological department same, 1906, Master of Arts, 1906, Doctor of Divinity, 1920.
1 son, Ephraim Maclay. Married second, Bessie Alice Leonard, July 8, 1911. Children—Robert Paul, Gordon Cornman.
Ordained Lutheran ministry, 1906.
Pastor Luther Memorial Church, Erie, Pennsylvania, 1922-1951, pastor emeritus from 1951. Physical director for Young Men's Christian Association at United States Naval Air Station, United States Navy Yard, Pensacola, Florida, World War.
Member National Commission Boy Scouts America from 1919. Chairman commission on ministerial education of Pittsburgh Synod United Lutheran Church American, 1945. Member American Philatelic Society, Pi Gamma Mu fraternity.
Member Academie Latine, Arts, Sciences and Belles Lettres, Paris, Accademia Internazionale di Lettere e Scienze, Naples.
Member of the board of trustees Thiel College. Member board directors Lutheran Home for the Aged from 1950.
Mason (Knight of the Order of the Thistle, 32°, Shriner). Clubs: Kiwanis (Erie).
Collectors (New York City).
Lecturer on Indian mythology.
Married Minnie Louise Kline, December 19, 1905. Married second, Bessie Alice Leonard, July 8, 1911. Children: Robert Paul, Gordon Cornman.