Background
Orr, John was born on June 28, 1884 in Ulster, Ire. Son of James and Margaret Jane (McLeese) Orr.
Orr, John was born on June 28, 1884 in Ulster, Ire. Son of James and Margaret Jane (McLeese) Orr.
Brought to the United States, 1891, naturalized, 1918. Student Park College, Missouri, 1902-1904. Bachelor of Arts, College of Wooster (O.), 1907.
Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1909.
Bachelor of Divinity, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1910. Graduate study, University of Berlin, Germany, 1911-1913.
Doctor of Philisophy, University of Pittsburgh, 1931. Ped.D. (honorary) Westminster College, 1949.
Ordained to ministry Presbyterian Church in United States of America, 1910. Pastor, Middleport, O., 1913-1919, Howell, Michigan, 1920-1928. Assistant professor Bible, Westminster College, 1928-1931, professor Bible and philosophy, 1938-1954, acting dean 1938, 1944, 46-50.
Acting president, 1947-1949.
Pastor Harlansburg Pennsylvania Presbyterian Church, since 1957.
Author: English Deism. Its Roots and Its Fruits, 1934.
Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association University professors, National Association Bible Instructors, Pi Gamma Museum. Clubs: Clio, Calvin (Princeton, New Jersey).
Married Anna Mary Sauer, December 29, 1919. Children: Mary Martha, Margaret Elizabeth, John William.