Background
Ruopp, Harold Washington was born on February 22, 1899 in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, United States. Son of William Clemens and Sarah Catherine (Kotterman) Ruopp.
Ruopp, Harold Washington was born on February 22, 1899 in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, United States. Son of William Clemens and Sarah Catherine (Kotterman) Ruopp.
Student Carnegie Institute Technology, 1917-1918. Bachelor of Arts, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1921, Master of Arts, 1922, Doctor of Divinity, 1939. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Boston University School Theology, 1926, School of Theology and Ministry, 1940.
Student of University Berlin, 1926-1927, Oxford, 1927.
Assistant professor public speaking Miami University, Oxford, O., 1922-1923. Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, 1925. Assistant minister Central Congressional Church, Jamaica Plain, Boston, 1923-1926.
Minister Victory Methodist Episcopal Church, Dayton, O., 1927-1929, William Saint Methodist Episcopal Church, Delaware O., 1929-1931.
Professor art of preaching Andover Newton Theological School, Newton Centre, Massachusetts, 1931-1935. Pastor First Congressional Church, Stoneham, Massachusetts, 1935-1939.
Professor art 1939-1947. Lecturer at large, 1947-1948.
Minister of worship Hennepin Avenue Methodist Church, Minneapolis, 1948-1951.
Lecturer at large and writer, 1951-1961. Minister-at-large Minnesota Council Churches, 1954-1961.
Member Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho, Alpha Sigma Phi.
Married Julia Marjorie Phillips, June 20, 1922. Children: Phillips Berkley, Richard Randolph.