Background
Tribble, Harold Wayland was born on November 18, 1899 in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. Son of Henry Wise and Estelle Carlton (Rawlings) Tribble.
Tribble, Harold Wayland was born on November 18, 1899 in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. Son of Henry Wise and Estelle Carlton (Rawlings) Tribble.
Student, Columbia College, Lake City, Florida, 1917. AB, Richmond (Virginia) College, 1919. Master of Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1922.
Doctor of Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1925. AM, University Louisville, 1927. Doctor of Philosophy, University Edinburgh, Scotland, 1937.
Student, University Bonn, Germany, 1931. Student, University Basel, Switzerland, 1936. Doctor of Divinity, Stetson University, Florida, 1930.
Doctor of Laws, Union University, Jackson, Tennessee, 1939. Doctor of Laws, Wake Forest College, 1948. Doctor of Laws, University Richmond, 1949.
Doctor of Laws, Duke University, 1952. Doctor of Laws, University North Carolina, 1952.
Pastor successively Cropper, Christiansburg, New Castle, Simpsonville, Kentucky, 1920-1930. Assistant professor theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1925-1929, professor, 1929-1947, president Andover Newton Theological School, Newton Centre, Massachusetts, 1947-1950. President Wake Forest College, 1950-1967.
President Southern University Conference, 1965-1966.
Member Old Town Club, Masons, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Kappa Sigma, Tau Kappa Alpha.
Married Nelle Futch, June 10, 1925. Children: Harold Wayland, Betty May Tribble Barnett, Barbara Ann Tribble Holding.