Background
Laurie, James Woodin was born on September 10, 1903 in Bellingham, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of James Anderson and Mina (Woodin) Laurie.
clergyman university president
Laurie, James Woodin was born on September 10, 1903 in Bellingham, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of James Anderson and Mina (Woodin) Laurie.
Bachelor of Arts, Coe College, 1924, Doctor of Divinity, 1941. Master of Arts, Princeton, 1927. Th.B., Princeton Theological Seminary, 1927.
Graduate study Columbia University, summer 1926.
Doctor of Laws, University of Tulsa, 1960.
Ordained to ministry of Presbyterian Church, 1926. Pastor 2d Presbyterian Church, Rahway, New Jersey, 1927-1936, Wilkinsburg, Pittsburgh, 1936-1942, Central Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, 1942-1951. President Trinity University, San Antonio, since 1951.
Member council theological education. Member Chamber of Commerce (president 1959), Pi Kappa Delta. Mason.; Clubs: Rotary (president 1967-1968), San Antonio Country (San Antonio).
Married Dorothy Augustine, April 15, 1932. Children: Dorothy Jean (Mistress Barry Floyd), Sarah Bradford (Mistress Wilbur Drake), Mary Woodin (Mistress Thomas B. Butler), and James Robertson.