Background
Battle, Hilary Howard was born on July 1, 1936 in Cleveland. Son of Joseph Battle and Alice Lee Thomas-Battle.
Battle, Hilary Howard was born on July 1, 1936 in Cleveland. Son of Joseph Battle and Alice Lee Thomas-Battle.
AB, Cuyahoga Community College, 1972. Bachelor, Cleveland State University, 1975. Master of Divinity, Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey, 1978.
Post graduate, United States Army Chaplain School, 1987.
Chaplain (major) United States Army, 1955—1996, retired. Pastor Mount Olive Baptist Church, Highstown, New Jersey, 1977—1978. Substance abuse counselor Cleveland Treatment Center, 1978—1980.
Hospital chaplain Ohio Department of Mental Health, Cleveland, since 1981, United States Army 256 Comat Support, Parma, 1982—1996. Substitute teacher Cleveland Public School, 1974—1981. Chaplain V.A. Hospital, East Orange, 1977—1978.
Adjunct professor Ashland Theological Seminary, Cleveland, 1985—1988. Clinical privileges Cleveland Psychiatric Institute. Instructor American Baptist College, Cleveland, since 1992.
Founder 4 annual conference Teaching Techniques for Church Educators, 1999—2003. Presenter in field.
Founder, director institutional choir Cleveland Psychiatric Hospital, 1989—1991. Choir director several church choirs, 1955—1985. 2 vice president Ohio State Chaplain Association, Cleveland, 1994—1996.
Chaplain North Coast chapter Tuskegee Airmen, Beachwood, since 1996. Member of Ohio Chaplain Association, International Fellowship Pastoral Counselors and Chaplain.
Married Kathleen Ann Harris-Battle, July 4, 1987. 1 child Rubin.