Background
Tyson, Luther Ewing was born on October 19, 1922 in Temple, Texas, United States. Son of Joe Mickel and Venevian Brack (Murphy) Tyson.
Tyson, Luther Ewing was born on October 19, 1922 in Temple, Texas, United States. Son of Joe Mickel and Venevian Brack (Murphy) Tyson.
AB, Bethany College, 1944. STB, Boston University, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1968.
Postgraduate, Harvard Graduate School, 1958.
Associate minister, Congregational Church, Needham, Massachusetts, 1949-1950; pastor, St. Stephen's United Methodist Church, Marblehead, Massachusetts, 1950-1954; pastor, Grace United Methodist Church, Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1954-1958; executive director, Boston Area Committee on Industrial Rels., Boston, 1958-1966; director and associate general secretary, Board of Church and Society, United Methodist Church, Washington, 1966-1985; president, Pax World Fund, Inc., Portsmouth, N.H., 1970-1997. Advisory board National Council of Churches, New York City, 1956-1985, Board of Church and Society, Washington, 1956-1966. Adjunct Professor Boston University, 1962, U. N.H., 1962-1964.
Member American Sociological Association, American Society Christian Ethics.
Married Mary Louise Griffis, October 10, 1942. Children: Joanna Griffis, Jonathan Pope.