Background
Ferris, Frank Halliday was born on May 5, 1892 in Brooklyn. Son of Edwin Sherwood and Mary A. (Halliday) Ferris.
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Frank Halliday Ferris
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Graduate Hackensack High School, 1910. Bachelor of Arts, Amherst, 1914, A.M., Columbia University, 1917. Bachelor of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, 1917.
Doctor of Philosophy, Drew U., 1931. Doctor Divinity, Roanoke College, 1947. Doctor of Letters, College of Wooster, Ohio, 1957.
Career
Ordained to Congressional ministry, 1917. Transferred to Presbyterian ministry, 1920. Pastor First Congressional Church, Pulaski, New York, 1917-1920, First Presbyterian Church, East Cleveland, Ohio, 1920-1926, South Park Church, Newark, New Jersey, 1926-1931, Fairmount Presbyterian Church, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, 1931-1950 (new edifice erected, 1941), pastor emeritus since 1950.
Visiting professor of religion College of Wooster (O.), 1952-1956. Instructor Chautauqua Institution, 1952-1965, interim minister 1st Presbyterian Church, Niagara Falls, New York, 1961-1962, First Presbyterian Church, Jamestown, New York, 1962-1963, First Presbyterian Church, Titusville, Pennsylvania, 1963-1964. Lieutenant (junior grade) chaplain United States Navy, 1917-1919, on United States Ship Mercy (cruiser and transport), United States Ship Texas (fleet).
Frank Halliday Ferris chair of philosophy established and endowed in his honor at Wooster (Ohio) College, 1964.
Membership
Member Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho, Delta Tau Delta.
Connections
Married Minna Proctor, May 15, 1917. Children: Frank Halliday, Junior.
