Background
Cord, James Iley Mc was born on November 24, 1919 in Rusk, Texas, United States. Son of Marshal Edward and Jimmie Oleta (Decherd) McCord.
Cord, James Iley Mc was born on November 24, 1919 in Rusk, Texas, United States. Son of Marshal Edward and Jimmie Oleta (Decherd) McCord.
Bachelor, Austin College, 1938. Doctor of Divinity, Austin College, 1949. Student, Union Theological Seminary, 1939.
Bachelor of Divinity, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 1942. Master of Arts, University Texas, 1942. Student, Harvard, 1943.
Student, University Edinburgh, 1951. Doctor of Theology, University Geneva, 1958. S.T.D., Knox College, Toronto, Canada, 1958.
Doctor of Divinity, Princeton, 1960. Doctor of Divinity, Victoria University, Toronto, 1963. Doctor of Divinity, Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, 1969.
Doctor of Divinity, University Edinburgh, 1970. Doctor of Divinity, Presbyterian College, University Montreal, 1975. Doctor of Divinity, Hamilton College, 1981.
Doctor of Laws, Maryville College, 1959. Doctor of Laws, Lafayette College, 1962. Doctor of Laws, Tusculum College, 1964.
Doctor of Laws, Bloomfield College, 1966. Doctor of Letters, Davidson College, 1959. Doctor of Letters, Washington and Jefferson College, 1970.
Doctor of Letters, Rider College, 1977. Doctor of Letters, Keimyung University, Taegu, Korea, 1979. Doctor of Humane Letters, Ursinus College, 1962.
Doctor of Theology, Debrecen Reformed Theological Faculty, Hungary, 1967. Doctor of Theology, United Protestant Theological College, Cluj, Romania, 1974. Doctor of Laws, Park College, 1969.
Doctor of Divinity, Davis and Elkins College, 1983. Doctor of Divinity, Taiwan Theological College & Seminary, 1986. Doctor of Divinity, Alma College, Michigan, 1986.
Doctor of Divinity, Muskingum College, Ohio, 1987. Doctor of Divinity, Yale University, 1987.
Instructor, University Texas, 1940-1942;
Adjunct Professor, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 1944-1945;
dean, professor systematic theology, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 1945-1959;
president, Princeton (New Jersey) Theological Seminary, 1959-1983;
founder, chancellor, Center Theological Inquiry, Princeton, 1983-1989. Visiting professor Presbyterian Theological Seminary of South, Campinas, Brazil, 1956. Chairman North American Area Council World Alliance Reformed Churches, 1958-1960, N. American secretary alliance, 1959-1977, also chairman theological department, 1956-1970.
Past chairman faith and order committee, past chairman national faith and order colloquium National Council Churches. Former member of commission faith and order World Council of Churches. Chairman council theological education U.P. Church, 1964-1967, chairman council theological seminars, 1978-1981, chairman consultation on church union, 1961-1963.
Past chairman commission on accrediting Association Theological Schools United States and Canada. President World Alliance Reformed Churches, 1977-1982. President United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, 1983-1986, chairman, from 1986.
Chairman Christian Ministry in the National Parks, from 1987. Member Association Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (president 1978-1980).
Married Hazel Thompson, August 29, 1939. Children– Vincent, Alison McCord Zimmerman, Marcia McCord Verville.