Erwin Adelbert Britton

Background

Britton, Erwin Adelbert was born on February 19, 1915 in Huron, Ohio, United States. Son of John Chester and Lydia Emeline (Jones) Britton.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin College, 1936; Bachelor of Divinity, Graduate School Theology, Oberlin, 1939; Doctor of Divinity, Piedmont College, 1961; S.T.D., Olivet College, 1978.

Career

Ordained to ministry, Congregational Church, 1939; pastor, Community Church, Avon Lake, Ohio., 1937-1941; pastor, First Congressional Church, Wayne, Michigan, 1941-1964; pastor, First Congressional Church, Detroit, 1964-1975; pastor, Union Congressional Church, Mackinac Island, Michigan, 1982-1985; executive secretary, National Association Congressional Christian Churches, 1975-1981; assistant to president, Olivet College, 1982-1986. Chairman Congressional Foundation for Theological Studies, 1970-1972. Director Conference on Crime and Religious Leadership.

Member of advisory committee religious and urban studies Wayne State University.

Achievements

• Erwin Adelbert Britton has been listed as a noteworthy Clergyman, college administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Metropolitan Agency for Retarded Children, Wayne County Mental Health Society, 1969. Trustee Olivet College. Member Detroit Pastors Union (president 1970), National Association Congressional Christian Churches (moderator 1972-1973, nominating committee 1985-1987), International Congressional Fellowship (program committee), Phi Mu Alpha.

Clubs: University (Winter Park, Florida, president 1992-1993).

Connections

Married Carolyn Anne Herron, September 1, 1941 (deceased May 1, 1985). Children: Margaret B. Kolloff, Elizabeth (Mistress Richard R. Quick), Constance. Married Alice Schriver Suffield, September 27, 1986.

Father:

John Chester Britton

Mother:

Lydia Emeline (Jones) Britton

Spouse:

Carolyn Anne Herron

Spouse:

Alice Schriver Suffield

child:

Constance Britton

child:

Margaret B. Kolloff Britton

child:

Elizabeth Britton (Mistress Richard R. Quick)