Floyd Van Keuren

Background

Keuren, Floyd Van was born in 1880 in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. Son of Robert Scott and Delia Louise (Baker) Van Keuren.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Hobart College, 1904, Doctor of Divinity, 1931. Student General Theological Seminary, 1904-1907.

Career

Ordained deacon Protestant Episcopal Church, 1907, priest, 1908. Rector Trinity Memorial Church, Erie, Pennsylvania, 1907-1910, Christ Church, New Brighton, Pennsylvania, 1910-1912, All Saints Church, Denver, Colorado, 1912-1915, Christ Church, Canon City, Colorado, 1915-1917. District manager American Red Cross Relief Work, France, 1917-1919.

Executive director Family Service Society, Columbus, Ohio, 1919-1922. Lecturer in sociology, Ohio State University, 1920-1923. Associate rector Trinity Church, Columbus, 1922-1925.

Rector Christ Church, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1925-1931. Executive secretary New York Diocesan Social Service Commission, 1931-1943. Rector St. Barnabas’ Church, Irvington-on-Hudson New York, 1943-1949, emeirtus, from 1949.

Registrar Diocese of New York, 1933-1949. Deputy General Convention, 1928.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: Outfitting for Spirtual Marriage, 1935. The Open Door, 1942

  • Christian Marriage, 1947. The Game of Living, 1953.

Membership

Member Theta Delta Chi.

Connections

Married Helen Huey, 1910.

Father:

Robert Scott Keuren

Mother:

Delia Louise (Baker) Van Keuren

Spouse:

Helen Huey