Background
Short, Howard Elmo was born on November 27, 1907 in Salem, Indiana, United States. Son of Walter Hartford and Nettie May (Gilstrap) Short.
Short, Howard Elmo was born on November 27, 1907 in Salem, Indiana, United States. Son of Walter Hartford and Nettie May (Gilstrap) Short.
AB, Eureka College, Illinois, 1929. Bachelor of Divinity, Hartford Theological Seminary, 1932. Doctor of Philosophy, Hartford Seminary Foundation, 1942.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Eureka College, 1958. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Bethany College, West Virginia, 1973.
Minister, First Christian Church, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1934-1936; minister, First Christian Church, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio., 1936-1941; professor philosophy, Lake Erie (Ohio) College, 1942-1943; professor philosophy and religion, Hiram (Ohio) College, 1942-1946; professor church history, Lexington (Kentucky) Theological Seminary, 1946-1958; professor church history emeritus, Lexington (Kentucky) Theological Seminary, 1993; editor, The Christian, 1958-1974; distinguished editor emeritus, Christian Board of Publication, St. Louis, 1974.
Trustee Eureka College. Program committee American Society of Church History. Delegate observer 2nd Vatican Council.
Member Disciples of Christ History Society (life, board trustee since 1950).
Married Margaret Duncan, June 29, 1935 (deceased July 2000). Children: Charlotte May Drummond, Catherine Jean Clark.