Background
Laird, John Wesley was born on October 5, 1882 in in Scotland. Son of Thomas and Jane (Patterson) Laird.
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John Wesley Laird
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Brought to the United States, 1888. Graduate Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania, 1905. Bachelor of Philosophy, Syracuse University, 1909, Doctor of Divinity, 1916.
Student Yale Divinity School (class of 1916).
Doctor of Laws, Albinon College, 1921.
Career
Supplied Congressional Church, West. Pittston, Pennsylvania, 1904-1905, Methodist Episcopal Church, Vernon Center, New York, 1905-1906. Ordained, 1908; pastor Vernon, New York, 1907-1910, Grace Church, Bronx, 1910-1912, Winsted, Connecticut, 1912-1914, First Church, New Haven, 1914-1918, Mount Vernon Place Church, Baltimore, Maryland., 1918-1921. President Albion College, Michigan, 1921-1924.
Minister Brighton Presbyn, Church, Rochester, New York, 1925-1937, Portuguese Kennedy (Pennsylvania) Presbyterian Church, 1938.
Professor philosophy and social ethics, School of Theology, Temple University, Philadelphia, since 1937. Visiting preacher to Scotland, 1926.
Director religious work, Young Men's Christian Association at Camp Meade, Maryland., 1917.
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Mason, Odd.
Connections
Married Margaret Lila Keller, June 13, 1908.
