Background
Ober, Henry Kulp was born on January 2, 1878 in near Mastersonville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Michael Ruhl and Susan Baker (Kulp) Ober.
Ober, Henry Kulp was born on January 2, 1878 in near Mastersonville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Michael Ruhl and Susan Baker (Kulp) Ober.
Graduate Millersville (Pennsylvania) State Normal School, 1898, Bachelor of Pedagogy, 1910, Master of Pedagogy, 1911. Bachelor of Science, Franklin and Marshall College, 1918, Master of Science, 1921. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1922.
Graduate student of University of Pennsylvania, 1922-1924.
Doctor of Divinity from Franklin and Marshall College in 1927.
May 25, 1899; children—Stanley Hess (deceased), Grace Hess, Ruth Hess, Henry K. (deceased). Teacher rural schools, Pennsylvania, 1897-1902. With Elizabethtown College, since 1902, president 1916-1927.
Boro engineer Elizabethtown Boro, since 1904.
Secretary-treasurer Buch Manufacturing Company. Etc. Licensed as minister Church of the Brethren, 1904, bishop, 1915.
President Lancaster South.S. Association. Member General Board Religious Education, Education Committee of Pennsylvania.
Vice president Pennsylvania State South.S. Association.
President of the board of trustees Elizabethtown College.
Member General Board Religious Education.
Married Cora Brinser Hess. Children: Stanley Hess (deceased), Grace Hess, Ruth Hess, Henry K. (deceased).