Background
Horn, Henry Eyster was born on May 30, 1913 in New York City. Son of William M. Horn and Marguerite Eyster Jacobs.
Horn, Henry Eyster was born on May 30, 1913 in New York City. Son of William M. Horn and Marguerite Eyster Jacobs.
AB with honors, Cornell University, 1933. Bachelor's Degree, MST, Lutheran Seminary, Philadelphia, 1938. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Muhlenberg College, 1965.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Valparaiso University, 1983.
Pastor Immanuel Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, 1938-1943. President Marion (Virginia) College, 1943-1949. Pastor Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Augusta, Georgia, 1949-1953, University Lutheran Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1953-1978.
Pastor emeritus, 1978. Lecturer Philadelphia Lutheran Seminary, 1981-1984, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, 1984-1986. Protestant chaplain Bryn Mawr (Pennsylvania) College, 1980-1981.
Chair church music committee United Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, 1946-1962, member board deaconess, 1948-1962. Member board theological education Lutheran Church in American, New York City, 1962-1972, chair commission on liturgy and hymnal, 1964-1974.
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Organizer Friends of the Library., Augusta, Georgia, 1951. Active Cambridge Camping Association, 1950s, Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee, Cambridge Family Service Board, Cambridge Hospital Board, Cambridge Mental Health, Inc., Cambridge Community Services, 1960-1972. President Cambridge Mental Health Association.
Chair Cambridge Somerville Welfare Board. Member Boston Ministers' Club, Cambridge Club, United Ministry at Harvard (2-time president), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Catherine Hedwig Stainken, June 9, 1939. Children: Jean L., Henry S., David J., Charles M., William M., Marguerite E., Richard D., Eleanor A., Michael J., Andrew G.