Background
Barth, Eugene Howard was born on February 10, 1913 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Benedict and Pauline Marie (Reuber) Barth.
Barth, Eugene Howard was born on February 10, 1913 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Benedict and Pauline Marie (Reuber) Barth.
Bachelor of Arts, Albright College, 1937. Bachelor of Divinity, Oberlin University, 1940, School of Theology and Ministry, 1941. Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1953, Doctor of Philosophy, 1956.
Postgraduate Yale Divinity School, summer 1937, Union Theological Seminary, summer 1938.
M.Eleanor Richards, July 14, 1939.
Ordained to ministry Methodist Church, 1941. Pastor Sullivan Ohio Congressional Church, 1939—1941, Pearl St. Evangelical Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1941—1946. Assistant professor Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1946—1949, associate professor, 1949—1956, professor religion & philosophy, since 1956, chairman department religion, 1965—1978.
Pfeiffer chair Religion, since 1949. Faculty chairman, 1967—1976. Scholar residence Jewish Community Center, Reading.
Member Society Biblical, Literature and Exegesis, American Oriental Society, American Society of Christian Ethics. Club: Torch.
Married Eleanor Richards Barth, July 14, 1939. Children: Lenore, Karen, Frederic, George, Margaret.