Background
Bonnell, John Sutherland was born on January 10, 1893 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Came to the United States, 1935. Son of Abraham and Catherine (Cameron) Bonnell.
Bonnell, John Sutherland was born on January 10, 1893 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Came to the United States, 1935. Son of Abraham and Catherine (Cameron) Bonnell.
Bachelor, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1919. Doctor of Laws, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1967. Bachelor's Degree, Pine Hill Division Hall, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1927.
Doctor of Divinity, Pine Hill Division Hall, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1934. Doctor of Laws, Washington and Jefferson College, 1943. Doctor of Laws, University New Brunswick, 1958.
Doctor of Laws, St. Dunstan's Roman Catholic University, Prince Edward Island, Canada, 1963. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Dickinson College, 1960. Doctor of Divinity, Lafayette College, 1950.
Doctor of Letters, Acadia University of Canberra, 1972.
Pastor, St. Andrew's Church, St. John, N.B., Canada, 1923-1929;
pastor, Westminster Church, Winnipeg, Canada, 1929-1935;
pastor, Fifth Ave Presbyterian Church, New York City, 1935-1962;
minister emeritus, Fifth Ave Presbyterian Church, New York City
president, New York Theological Seminary, New York City, 1966-1969. Lecturer Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, 1938-1960. On goodwill preaching mission to Britain, special delegate to General Assembly of Church of Scotland (Edinburgh) from Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, 1941.
Sprunt lecturer Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, 1943. Chancellor's lecturer, Queens U., Kingston, Ontario Canada, 1944. Norton lecturer, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1944.
Ashlin lecturer 1st Presbyterian Church, Morresville, North Carolina, 1949. Perkins lecturer 1st Methodist Church, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1950. Charles Cluadius Beam lecturer 1st Presbyterian Church Charlotte, North Carolina, 1953.
Weber Memorial lecturer Moravian Theological Seminary, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1956. Edward lecturer Shadyside Church, Pittsburgh, 1958.
Member Protestant Council New York (president 1961), Canada Society New York (president 1959-1960), National Conference of Christians and Jews (co-chairman religious commission), Can Club, University Club (New York City).
Married Bessie Louise Carruthers, June 1923. Children: George Carruthers, Catherine Cameron, Elizabeth Louise, Jessie Margaret.