Background
Magee, Junius Ralph was born on June 3, 1880 in Maquoketa, Iowa, United States. Son of John Calvin and Jane Amelia (Cole) Magee.
Magee, Junius Ralph was born on June 3, 1880 in Maquoketa, Iowa, United States. Son of John Calvin and Jane Amelia (Cole) Magee.
B.Di., Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, 1901. Bachelor of Philosophy, Morningside College, 1904, Doctor of Laws, 1931. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Boston University School of Theology, 1910.
Doctor of Divinity, Upper Iowa University, 1921, Boston University School of Theological, 1947.
Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Puget Sound, 1932. Doctor of Laws, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1945.
Doctor of Letters, Hamline University, 1948.
Principal Public Schools, Nora Springs, Iowa, 1901-1902. Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, 1902. Deacon, 1904, elder, 1906.
Pastor Rustin Avenue Church, Sioux City, 1902-1904, Paullina, Iowa, 1904-1907, Falmouth, Massachusetts, 1907-1911, Taunton, 1911-1914, Daniel Dorchester Memorial Church, Boston, 1914-1919, Saint Mark’s Church, Brookline, 1919-1921, First Church, Seattle, Washington, 1921-1929.
Became superintendent Seattle district 1929. Elected bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, May 1932.
President Hamline University, 1933-1934. Bishop Saint Paul Area Methodist Church, 1932-1939, Des Moines Area Methodist Church, 1939-1944, Chicago Area Methodist Churches, 1944-1952.
Chairman Methodist Survey Commission, 1948-1952.
President of the Council of Bishops, 1950. Director of the Crusade for Christ of the Methodist Church Trustee Northwestern University, Evanston Collegiate Institute, Garrett Biblical Institute, Wesley Memorial Hospital, Illinois Wesleyan University, McKendree College, Lake Bluff Orphanage, Wesley Foundn., University of Illinois Trustee, Seattle Chamber Commerce, 1925-1932.
Member Mayor’s Commission on Unemployment, Seattle, 1931. Member General Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church, 1928, 32 (member commission on entertainment). Member Pi Gamma Mu, Pi Kappa Delta.
Mason (Knight of the Order of the Thistle, grand orator, Grand Lodge of Washington, 1931-1932), Knights of Pythias (grand prelate for Massachusetts, 1909-1913).
Married Harriet A. Keeler, September 10, 1902 (died October 31, 1943). Children: John Homer, Dorothy Jean.