Background
Burt, John Harris was born on April 11, 1918 in Marquette, Michigan, United States. Son of Bates G. and Emily May (Bailey) Burt.
Burt, John Harris was born on April 11, 1918 in Marquette, Michigan, United States. Son of Bates G. and Emily May (Bailey) Burt.
Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1940; honorary Doctor of Divinity, Amherst College, 1960; Bachelor of Arts, Virginia Theological Seminary, 1943; Doctor of Divinity, Virginia Theological Seminary, 1967; Doctor of Divinity, Youngstown U., 1958; Doctor of Divinity, Kenyon College, 1967.
Boys worker, Christodora House, New York City, 1940-1941;
ordained to ministry, Episcopal Church, 1943;
canon, (Christ Church Cathedral)
rector, (St. Paul's Church), St. Louis, 1943-1944;
chaplain to Episcopalian students, University of Michigan, 1946-1950;
rector, St. John's Church, Youngstown, Ohio., 1950-1957;
rector, All Saints Church, Pasadena, California, 1957-1967;
bishop coadjutor, Ohio., 1967-1968;
Episcopalian bishop of, Ohio., 1968-1984. President Southern California Council Churches, 1962-1965. Member board Church Society College Work,1964-1971.
Chairman clergy deployment board Episcopalian Church, 1971-1973.
President Youngstown Coordinating Council, 1953-1956, Pasadena Cmty. Council, 1964-1966; trustee Pomona College, 1963-1966, Virginia Theological Seminary, 1967-1972, Colgate-Rochester Division School, 1968-1984, Kenyon College, 1967-1984. Board directors United Way Los Angeles, 1964-1967, Cleveland Urban Coalition, 1968-1970, Americans for Energy Independence, 1975-1985.
Board directors National Committee Against Censorship, since 1974. Chairman, Board Of Directors St. John's Home for Girls, Painesville, Ohio, 1968-1984. Governing board National Council Churches, 1970-1981.
Member Committee on Church Order, Consultation of Church Union, 1980-1988. Chairman of Commission on theology Episcopalian Church House Bishops, 1973-1980. Chairman Urban Bishops Coalition, 1977-1993, Faith and Order Commission Ohio Council Churches, 1970-1974.
Board directors Episcopal Church Public Company, 1985-1992, president, 1990-1992. Chairman commission ecumenical relations Episcopalian Church, 1973-1979, also chairman commission middle judicatories, consultant on church union, 1975-1979. Chairman of Commission human affairs and health Episcopalian Church, 1982-1985.
Chairman Bishops Committee National and International Affairs, 1982-1985. Chairman Ecumenical Great Lakes Project on Economics Crisis, 1983-1989. Chairman Presiding Bishop's Committee Christian-Jewish Rels., 1986-1991.
President National Christian Leadership Conference on Israel, since 1988. Member church relations committee United States Holocaust Memorial Council, 1989-1996. Member Ecumenical Consultation on New Religions Movements, 1985-1987.
Board directors Americans for Medical Progress, Inc., 1992-1995. Chaplain United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Member Phi Gamma Delta.
Married Martha M. Miller, February 16, 1946. Children: Susan, Emily, Sarah, Mary.