Background
Voorhees, Oscar Mcmurtrie was born on December 29, 1864 in near Somerville, New Jersey, United States. Son of Samuel S. and Elizabeth (McMurtrie) Voorhees.
Voorhees, Oscar Mcmurtrie was born on December 29, 1864 in near Somerville, New Jersey, United States. Son of Samuel S. and Elizabeth (McMurtrie) Voorhees.
Bachelor of Arts, Rutgers College, 1888, Master of Arts, 1891. Graduate Theological Seminary Reformed Church, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1891. Doctor of Divinity, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1911.
Doctor of Laws, College of William and Mary, 1927.
Ordained Reformed (Dutch) ministry, 1891. Pastor Three Bridges, New Jersey, 1891-1903, High Bridge, New Jersey, 1903-1909, Mott Haven Church, New York, 1909-1922. Secretary United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa, 1901-1931, treasurer, 1901-1913, historian since 1931.
President Hunterdon County History, Society, 1903-1904.
Member Delta Upsilop. Author of Historical Sketch of Phi Beta Kappa Society and many history papers.
Editor Phi Beta Kappa Key, 1910-1931. Editor Phi Beta Kappa General Catalog, 1923.
Phi Beta Kappa senator, 1901-1946.
Secretary Phi Beta Kappa Foundation, Incorporated., 1924-1931, trustee, 1924-1945. Chairman War Service Commission Reformed Church in America, 1917. Young Men's Christian Association service, France, 1918-1919, representing Phi Beta Kappa Alumni in New New York Wrote: Ralph and Elizabeth Rodman Voorhees—a Tribute, 1927.
Compiler: A Condensed Genealogy of the Van Voorhees Family, 1932.
The Historical Handbook of the Van Voorhees Family in the Netherlands and America, 1935. The Van Voorhees Association at its Tenth Anniversary, 1942.
The History of Phi Beta Kappa, 1946. Home: Basking Ridge, New Jersey Office: 5 East. 44th Saint, New York 17, New York
Member Delta Upsilop.
Married Alice R. MacNair, October 29, 1891. Married second, Martha South. Elmendorf, June 25, 1902. Children: Helen McMurtrie, Frances Van Kleek, Ralph Whitaker (deceased), Marian MacNair (deceased).