Background
Galt, Howard Spilman was born on September 15, 1872 in Shenandoah, Iowa, United States. Son of Martin Happer and Clara S. (Spilman) Galt.
Galt, Howard Spilman was born on September 15, 1872 in Shenandoah, Iowa, United States. Son of Martin Happer and Clara S. (Spilman) Galt.
Bachelor of Science, Tabor College, Iowa, 1895, Doctor of Divinity, 1915. Bachelor of Philisophy, University of Chicago, 1896. Division School University of Chicago, 2 years.
Bachelor of Divinity, Hartford Theological Seminary, 1899. Master of Education, Harvard University, 1926, Doctor of Education, 1927.
Church, Hartford, June-September 1899. Appointed missionary American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to North China, 1899. Ordained Congressional ministry, 1899.
Besieged in British Legation, Peking, June-August 1900. Teacher, 1902-1911; acting president, 1909-1911, president, 1911-1917, N. China Union College. Lecturer on Henry D. Porter foundation, Pomona College, California, 1917-1918.
Professor department of education, Yenching University, Peiping, China, since 1918, head of department, 1918-1935, chairman graduate div., 1931-1934, acting president, 1923-1924, 1927-1928 and 1929-1930. Author: The Development of Chinese Educational Theory, 1930. Galt Family Genealogies, 1938.
Address: Yenching University, Peiping China‡.
Married Louise Alberta West, of Tabor, Iowa, October 5, 1899. Children: Mable M., Lawrence L., Dorothy G., Wendell W., Sheffield S. Pastor’s assistant.