Background
Gilkey, James Gordon was born on September 28, 1889 in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James Henry and Mary Lottie (Johnson) Gilkey.
Gilkey, James Gordon was born on September 28, 1889 in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James Henry and Mary Lottie (Johnson) Gilkey.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1912, A.M., 1913. Studied university of Berlin and Marburg. Bachelor of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, 1916.
Doctor of Divinity, Colgate University, 1925, Colby College, 1934, University of Vermont, 1935. Doctor of Laws, American International College, 1935. Doctor of Letters, Marietta College, 1937.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1916. Assistant minister, Bryn Mawr (Pennsylvania) Church, 1916-1917. Pastor South Church, Springfield, Massachusetts, from 1917.
Professor Biblical literature, Amherst, 1923-1930. Trustee, Springfield College preacher at Eastern colleges.
Rotarian.; Member Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Calma Wright Howe, June 7, 1916. Children: James Gordon, Margaret Howe, Edith Brigham.