Background
Stevenson, Joseph Ross was born on March 1, 1866 in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Review Ross and Martha A. (Harbison) Stevenson.
Stevenson, Joseph Ross was born on March 1, 1866 in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Review Ross and Martha A. (Harbison) Stevenson.
Bachelor of Arts, Washington and Jefferson, 1886, Master of Arts, 1889, Doctor of Divinity, 1897. Graduate McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, 1889. University of Berlin, 1889-1890.
Doctor of Laws, Ursinus, 1908, Lafayette, 1915.
Doctor of Divinity, University of Edinburgh, 1919, Presbyterian College, Halifax, 1920.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1890. Pastor Sedalia, Missouri, 1890-1894. Adjunct Professor ecclesiastical history, 1894-1897, professor, 1897-1902, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago.
Pastor Fifth Avenue Church, New York, 1902-1909, Brown Memorial Church, Baltimore, 1909-1914.
President Princeton Theological Seminary, 1914-1936. Moderator General Assembly Presbyterian Church United States of America, 1915.
President International Medical Missionary Society. Member Committee to Revise Confession of Faith.
Member American section Universal Christian Council for Life and Work. In service of Young Men's Christian Association and Army Ednl. Commission, overseas, 1918-1919.
Married Florence Day, May 16, 1899. Children: William Edwards, Donald Day, Theodore Dwight.