Background
Mcallister, James Gray was born on November 27, 1872 in Covington, Virginia, United States. Son of Abraham Addams and Julia Ellen (Stratton) M.
Mcallister, James Gray was born on November 27, 1872 in Covington, Virginia, United States. Son of Abraham Addams and Julia Ellen (Stratton) M.
Bachelor of Arts, Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia, 1894. Bachelor of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, 1901. Hoge Fellowship, same, 1901-1902.
Doctor of Divinity, Washington and Jefferson College, 1906, Centre College, Kentucky, 1906.
Doctor of Laws, Southwestern Presbyterian University, Tennessee, 1925. Doctor of Letters, Hampden-Sydney College, 1926.
Editor Bath News, Warm Springs, Virginia, 1894-1895. Business manager Central Presbyterian, Richmond, Virginia, 1895-1898. Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1903.
Assistant professor Hebrew and Oriental literature, 1902-1903, Adjunct Professor, 1904-1905, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Pastor Farmville, Virginia, Presbyterian Church, 1903-1904. President Hampden-Sydney College, 1905-1908.
Stated supply Hot Springs, Virginia, Presbyterian Church, 1908-1909. Acting professor, 1909-1911, professor, 1911-1925, of Biblical introduction, English Bible and Biblical theology, Louisville Presbyterian Seminary, Kentucky.
Professor English Bible, Union Theological Seminary, Virginia, 1925-1943, professor emeritus, 1943-1970.
Manager Southern Presbyterian Conferences, Montreat, North Carolina, 1925-1937, 1943-1946. History research librarian, Union Theological Seminary, 1943-1963. Instructor Biblical geography General Assembly’s Training School, Richmond, 1927-1938.
Member Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Pi Kappa Alpha (past national officer).
Married Meta Eggleston Russell, May 18, 1904. Children: James Gray, Russell Greenway, Louise (deceased).