Hazen Graff Werner

1895 (age 93)

Detroit, Michigan , United States

At these downtown Detroit churches he first developed what he called a Personal Trouble Clinic. This clinic was developed and operated in collaboration with a psychiatrist and a family visitor, and in co-operation with the Public Health Department, the Police Department, a Medical Center, and other public agencies. Much of his subsequent writing was drawn from his experiences in that work. Review Werner was lastly appointed Pastor of the Grace Methodist Church located at 1029 Harvard Boulevard, Dayton, Ohio. In 1945 Werner became the Professor of Practical Theology at Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, New Jersey. There he taught seminary students the principles of counseling and the basic truths of the emotional life. He also contributed articles on counseling and personal problems to leading religious magazines of his day. The Review Doctor Werner was elected a delegate to General and Jurisdictional Conferences of The Methodist Church, 1944-1948. Warner was married to the former Helen Elsea and had a son, Stewart. Upon his election as a Bishop he was assigned to the Ohio Episcopal Area, where he served as Resident Bishop from 1948 to 1964. From 1964 until his retirement in 1968 he was based in Manhattan as bishop of the church for Hong Kong and Taiwan. He enjoyed horseback riding as a leisure activity. He died of heart failure at his Saint St. Petersburg, Florida home.

Hazen Graff Werner

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Background

Hazen was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Samuel Edgar and Emma (Graff) Werner. Hazen married Catherine Stewart, 22 May 1924. They had a daughter, Joy Ann, and a son, Stewart Hazen.

Education

Hazen earned the Bachelor of Arts degree from Albion College in 1920. He was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Hazen then attended Columbia University, and earned the Bachelor of Divinity degree from Drew Theological Seminary in 1923.

Career

At these downtown Detroit churches he first developed what he called a Personal Trouble Clinic. This clinic was developed and operated in collaboration with a psychiatrist and a family visitor, and in co-operation with the Public Health Department, the Police Department, a Medical Center, and other public agencies. Much of his subsequent writing was drawn from his experiences in that work.

Review

Werner was lastly appointed Pastor of the Grace Methodist Church located at 1029 Harvard Boulevard, Dayton, Ohio. In 1945 Werner became the Professor of Practical Theology at Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, New Jersey. There he taught seminary students the principles of counseling and the basic truths of the emotional life.

He also contributed articles on counseling and personal problems to leading religious magazines of his day.

The Review Doctor Werner was elected a delegate to General and Jurisdictional Conferences of The Methodist Church, 1944-1948. Warner was married to the former Helen Elsea and had a son, Stewart.

Upon his election as a Bishop he was assigned to the Ohio Episcopal Area, where he served as Resident Bishop from 1948 to 1964. From 1964 until his retirement in 1968 he was based in Manhattan as bishop of the church for Hong Kong and Taiwan.

He enjoyed horseback riding as a leisure activity.

He died of heart failure at his Saint St. Petersburg, Florida home.

Works

And we are whole again And we are whole again

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- And we are whole again
  (You can master life - with the Master of men! A skillful ...)
- And We Are Whole Again (Signed By Author)

Membership

He was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He also was the Chairman of the General Commission on World Peace and a New world order, and was a member of the General Commission of Evangelism and the State of the Church, both of the Methodist Church. Bishop Werner was a Mason and a member of Kiwanis.

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