Herbert Wright Gates

Background

Gates, Herbert Wright was born on October 30, 1868 in Geneva, Illinois, United States. Son of Caleb Foote and Mary Eliza (Hutchins) Gates.

Education

Brother late Caleb Frank G. Bachelor of Arts, Amherst, 1890, Master of Arts, 1904. Bachelor of Divinity, Chicago Theological Seminary, 1904, Doctor of Divinity, 1919.

Post-graduate university of Leipzig, Halle, and Chicago.

Career

Religious pedagogy, Chicago Theological Seminary, 1896-1904. Director religious work, Central Department, Chicago Young Men's Christian Association, 1904-1908. General secretary College Young Men's Christian Association, Northwestern University, 1908-1910.

Superintendent Brick Church Institute, Rochester, New York, 1910-1920.

Secretary Missionary Education Department, 1920, general secretary, 1925-1938, Christian Education Division—Board of Home Missions of Congressional and Christian Churches Executive secretary Advisory Commission Chicago Public Library, 1909. Board managers Missionary Education Movement, 1938.

Field secretary Boston Seaman’s Friend Society since 1940.

Achievements

• Herbert Wright Gates has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman, educator. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Ration Board, Newton, Massachusetts, 1942-1945. Member Religious Education Association, Alpha Delta Phi.

Connections

Married Harriet J. Kirk, of Wilmette, Illinois, June 16, 1898. Children: Edward Stuart (deceased), Catharine Everald Margaret Wright, Esther Kirk.

Father:

Caleb Foote Gates

Mother:

Mary Eliza (Hutchins) Gates

Spouse:

Harriet J. Kirk

child:

Edward Stuart Gates (deceased)

child:

Esther Kirk Gates

child:

Catharine Everald Margaret Wright Gates