Background
Clinchy, Everett Ross was born on December 16, 1896 in New York City. Son of James Hugh and Lydie (Stagg) Clinchy.
Clinchy, Everett Ross was born on December 16, 1896 in New York City. Son of James Hugh and Lydie (Stagg) Clinchy.
Student, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1918. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1950. Bachelor of Science, Lafayette College, 1920.
Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Lafayette College, 1951. Postgraduate, Union Theological Seminary, 1921. Postgraduate, Yale University, 1923.
Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1921. Doctor of Philosophy in Education, Drew University, 1934. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Florida Southern College, 1946.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Washington University, 1955. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Missouri Valley College, 1949. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Wilberforce College, 1958.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hartwick College, 1959. Doctor of Letters (honorary), St. Mary's College, 1981.
Minister, Church of Christ, Wesleyan University, 1923-1928;
secretary, Federal Council Churches of Christ American, 1928-1933;
president, National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1928-1958;
member Council on World Tensions, World Brotherhood, National Conference of Christians and Jews
founder, Institute Man and Science, Rensselaerville, New York, 1963;
president, Institute Man and Science, Rensselaerville, New York, 1963-1972;
chairman of the executive committee, Institute Man and Science, Rensselaerville, New York, from 1972. General secretary program improving understanding between Islam and West under auspices United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, from 1977, vice president, from 1979. Vice president, executive director RogerWilliams Straus Foundation.
Member extension winter faculty University of California, Riverside, 1968-1972. Originator seminary conferences for study of Catholic, Protestant, Jewish relations, also priest-rabbi-minister trio dialogue teams. Director Williamstown Institute Human Relations, summers 1935, 37, 39, 41.
Member Joint Army and Navy Committee on Welfare and Recreation, Washington.
(Excerpt from Intergroup Relations Centers To do the job ...)
(spiritual inspiration)
Chairman Harlem School Arts, 1972-1975. Second lieutenant Field Artillery United States Army, World War I.
Married Winifred Marcena Mead, September 21, 1918. Children: Ross, Eleanor Clinchy Reinhardsen, Barbara Clinchy Sutton.