Background
Kelley, Harold Hitchcock was born on February 20, 1884 in Fresno, California, United States. Son of Review Douglas Ottinger and Annie Amelia (Fletcher) Kelley.
Kelley, Harold Hitchcock was born on February 20, 1884 in Fresno, California, United States. Son of Review Douglas Ottinger and Annie Amelia (Fletcher) Kelley.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity California, 1907. Church Division School of Pacific, 1907-1910 (honorary Doctor of Divinity, 1941). Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1911-1912.
Deacon, 1910, priest, 1910, Protestant Episcopal Church. Director religious education Saint Mark’s Church, Berkeley, California, 1910-1915. Vicar Saint John's Mission, Ketchikan, Alaska, 1915-1918.
Rector Christ Church, Carson City, Nevada, 1918, Saint Philip’s Church, Oakland, California, 1919-1922.
Also assistant superintendent Seamen’s Church Institute, San Francisco, 1920-1922. Rector Saint Peter’s Church, San Pedro, California, 1922-1927.
Superintendent Seamen’s Church Institute, San Pedro, 1922-1931. Headmaster Harvard School, Los Angeles, 1931-1934.
Director Seamen’s Church Institute of New York, 1934-1948 (retired).
Assistant, Saint Mark’s Church Berkeley, California.
Member American Association Social Workers, Phi Kappa Sigma. Officer of Order of Orange-Nassau, Order of British Empire, King Christian X Medal of Liberation (Denmark). Mason.; Club: Propeller of United States (honorary).
Married Evelyn Maxwell, September 3, 1912. Children: Harold Maxwell, Edwin Hubert, Evelyn Elizabeth, Marion Maitland.