Background
McComb, John Hess was born on August 7, 1898 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George Shields and Laura (Hess) McComb.
McComb, John Hess was born on August 7, 1898 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George Shields and Laura (Hess) McComb.
Bachelor of Arts Pennsylvania, 1923. ThB, Princeton Theological Seminary. Master of Arts, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1927.
Doctor of Divinity, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1937.
Newspaper reporter, 1919;
rewrite man, Philadelphia N. American, 1920-1923;
with Philadelphia bureau, Associated Press, 1923-1924;
pastor, Calvary Church, Newark, 1927-1929;
pastor, Forest Park Church, Baltimore, 1929-1935;
pastor, Broadway Church, New York City, 1935-1959;
pastor, N.W. Presbyterian Church, Dallas, 1959-1965;
organizer, pastor, Dallas Indiana Presbyterian Church, from 1965. Lecturer homiletics Westminster Theological Seminary, PHila., 1931-1932, also trustee until 1936. Conducted radio broadcast New York City, 1951-1959.
Lecturer Dallas Bible Institute, 1962-1963.
With O.T.C., Fort Monroe, Virginia, 1918. Member Presbyterian League of Faith (ex-president), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Nu.
Married Mary E. King, August 1942 (deceased). Children: Mary King, John King. Married Helen Ann Riach, May 1945.