Background
Sims, Newell Leroy was born on December 3, 1878 in near Fremont, Indiana, United States. Son of Charles Newhook and Elizabeth (McClew) Sims.
Sims, Newell Leroy was born on December 3, 1878 in near Fremont, Indiana, United States. Son of Charles Newhook and Elizabeth (McClew) Sims.
Bachelor of Arts, Tri-State College, Indiana, 1901. Bachelor of Arts, Kentucky University, 1905. Graduated from College of Bible, Lexington, Kentucky, 1905.
Master of Arts, Columbia, 1910, Ph.
Doctorate., 1912; Bachelor of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, 1912.
Church, Scarsdale, New York, 1912-1914, Grandview Heights Congressional Church, Columbus, Ohio, 1914-1915. Professor sociology, head department sociology and political science U. Florida, 1915-1920. Professor sociology Columbia, summer session, 1920.
Professor sociology Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1920-1924, Pennsylvania State College, summer sessions 1923-1924.
Professor sociology, head department Oberlin College, 1924-1944, emeritus professor since 1945.
Member rural advising committee Federal Council Churches of Christ in American, 1922-1925. Member American Sociological Society (Executive Committee 1932-1935), Solvay Institute Sociology (Brussels, Belgium), National Country Life Association, World Agricultural Society, American Academy Political and Social Science, Ohio Sociological Society (president 1925-1926).
Married Florence Anna McNutt, September 25, 1912. Children: Elizabeth Florence, Joe R. Ordained in Christian Church.