Leon Joseph Putnam

Background

Putnam, Leon Joseph was born on December 7, 1928 in Kalamazoo. Son of Forrest Elmer and Hazel Effie (Dresselhouse) Putnam.

Education

Associate of Arts (Tompkins scholar), 1948. Bachelor of Arts Michigan, 1950. Master of Arts, University Michigan, 1951.

Bachelor of Divinity (fellow), Colgate Rochester Division School, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy (fellow), Harvard, 1962.

Career

Ordained to ministry, Baptist Church, 1955; assistant professor, Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio., 1959-1962; associate professor, Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio., 1962-1966; professor philosophy and religion, Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio., since 1966; instructor, Winebrenner Theological Seminary, Findlay, Ohio., part time 1970-1971.

Achievements

• Leon Joseph Putnam has been listed as a noteworthy Philosophy and religion educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Philosophical Association, American Academy Religion, Society For Science Study Religion.

Connections

Married Phyllis Irene Millspaugh, May 17, 1955. Children— Mark, Lee.

Father:

Forrest Elmer Putnam

Mother:

Hazel Effie (Dresselhouse) Putnam

Spouse:

Phyllis Irene Millspaugh

child:

Lee Putnam

child:

Mark Putnam