Background
Smith, Merle Negley was born on December 11, 1872 in Lake City, Iowa, United States. Son of William Thompson and Amelia (Jack) Smith.
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Merle Negley Smith
Merle Negley Smith, American clergyman. Served with Young Men's Christian Association at Presidio, San Francisco, and overseas, 1917-1918. Trustee University of Southern California Director of the North American Holding Corporation. Delaware to five general conferences Methodist Church; Member Sigma Nu, Phi Beta Kappa.; Mason, Knights of Pythias.
Education
Graduate Epworth (Iowa) Seminary, 1888. Bachelor of Arts, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, 1894, Doctor of Divinity, 1906, Doctor of Laws, 1924. Bachelor of Divinity, Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, New Jersey, 1898.
Doctor of Laws, University of Southern California, 1929.
Career
Teacher and registrar, Drew Theological Seminary, 1898-1902. Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, 1900. Pastor Ackley, Iowa, 1902-1905, Marshalltown, 1905-1909, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1909-1916, Pasadena, California, 1916-1937.
Achievements
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Merle Negley Smith has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.
Membership
Served with Young Men's Christian Association at Presidio, San Francisco, and overseas, 1917-1918. Trustee University of Southern California Director of the North American Holding Corporation. Delaware to five general conferences Methodist Church.
Member Sigma Nu, Phi Beta Kappa.
Mason, Knights of Pythias. Clubs: New Century, Twilight.
Connections
Married Mae Wolfe, July 19, 1898 (deceased, 1945). Children: Mae Isobel, Esther-Merle.
- Father:
- William Thompson Smith
- Mother:
- Amelia (Jack) Smith
- Spouse:
- Mae Wolfe
- child:
- Mae Isobel Smith
- child:
- Esther-Merle Smith
