Background
Perkins, Franlin Elwood was born on March 30, 1929 in Riverside, New Jersey, United States. Son of George Wesley and Agnes Margaret (Bohnberger) Perkins.
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Franlin Elwood Perkins
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Franlin Elwood Perkins, musician, educator, minister. Clerk worship committee General Assembly Presbyterian Church Advisory Council on Discipleship and Worship, since 1983. Member American Guild Organists (state representative 1986, dean, certified), American Musicological Society, American Choral Directors Association, Presbyterian Association Musicians, Music Educators National Conference.
Education
AB, Juniata College, 1949. Master of Sacred Music, Union Theological Seminary, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Washington University, 1968.
Career
Minister of music 1st Methodist Church, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 1951-1953, Springfield, Illinois, 1953-1959, Ladue Chapel, St. Louis, 1959-1983, 1st Presbyterian Church, Ferguson, Missouri, since 1983. Instructor music Springfield College, 1953-1959. Professor organ, choral director Lindenwood College, St. Charles, Missouri, 1959-1968.
Professor music University Missouri, St. Louis, 1968-1975. Chairman department music, John Burroughs School, St. Louis, since 1973. Clinician various choral, worship seminars.
Achievements
Membership
Clerk worship committee General Assembly Presbyterian Church Advisory Council on Discipleship and Worship, since 1983. Member American Guild Organists (state representative 1986, dean, certified), American Musicological Society, American Choral Directors Association, Presbyterian Association Musicians, Music Educators National Conference.
Connections
Married Claudia Aline Ruple, August 30, 1951. Children: Claude Wesley, David Alan, Philip Andrew.
