Background
Welliver, Lester Allen was born on February 2, 1896 in Stockton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Daniel and Mary Ann (East) Welliver.
Welliver, Lester Allen was born on February 2, 1896 in Stockton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Daniel and Mary Ann (East) Welliver.
Bachelor of Arts, Dickinson College, 1918, Master of Arts, 1922, Doctor of Divinity, 1940. Bachelor of Divinity, Drew Theological Seminary, 1922. Doctor of Laws, Western Maryland.
College, 1944.
Ordained to ministry Methodist Church, 1918. Pastor in Altoona, Pennsylvania, 1922-1924, Bellwood, Pennsylvania, 1924-1928, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 1928-1933, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, 1933-1936, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 1942-1943, Stevens Memorial Church, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1961-1965. Superintendent Harrisburg District Methodist Church, 1936-1942, Williamsport District, 1955-1961.
Trustee Westminster (Maryland.) Theological Seminary, 1940-1955, president, 1943-1955.
Member Judicial Council Methodist Church, 1954-1968, vice president, 1956-1960, president, 1960-1964, member General Conference, 1940, 48, 52, member Jurisdictional Conference, 1940, 44, 48, 52. Member World Methodist Council, 1951-1966.
Delegate World Methodist Conference, Oxford, 1951, Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, 1956. Member general board education Methodist Church, 1940-1954.
Member of the board of trustees Dickinson College. Served with United States Army, World War I. Member Association Methodist History Societies
(vice president, past president North.E. jurisdiction), Phi Beta Kappa, also.
Married Eleanor Frances Frieda Yeaworth, October 2, 1923. Children: Lester Allyn, Daniel Irvin, Kenneth Bruce, Paul Wesley, Glenn Edwin.