Background
Willett, Herbert Lockwood was born on May 5, 1864 in Ionia, Michigan, United States. Son of Gordon A. and Mary E. (Yates) Willett.
Willett, Herbert Lockwood was born on May 5, 1864 in Ionia, Michigan, United States. Son of Gordon A. and Mary E. (Yates) Willett.
Bachelor of Arts, Bethany College, West Virginia, 1886, A.M., 1887. Graduate student Yale, 1890-1891. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Chicago, 1896.
Graduate student, University of Berlin, 1898-1899.
Ordained Christian (Disciples) ministry, 1890. Pastor Dayton, O., 1887-1893. Instructor Bible, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1893-1895.
Acting dean and head of Disciples’ Division House, 1894-1896, dean, 1896-1921. Assistant in Semitic langs., University of Chicago, 1896-1897, instructor, 1897-1900, assistant professor Semitic langs. and literature, 1900-1903, associate professor, 1909-1915, professor Oriental langs. and literatures, 1915-1929 (emeritus). Minister Memorial Church bf Christ, Chicago, 1908-1920, Kenilworth (Illinois) Union Church since 1927.
President Chicago Church Federation, 1916-1920. Chicago representative Federal Council Churches of Christ in America, 1920-1925, now chairman mid-west committee Associate editor Christian Century, Chicago. Lecturer on Bible topics.
Member Delta Tau Delta. Clubs: University, Quadrangle, City, Indian Hill, Shawnee (Chicago).
Married Emma Augusta Price, January 4, 1888. Children: Herbert L., Robert Leslie, Paul Yates.