Background
Bronson, Oswald Perry was born on July 19, 1927 in Sanford, Florida, United States. Son of Uriah Perry and Flora (Hollingshed) Bronson.
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Oswald Perry Bronson
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Education
Bachelor of Science, Bethune-Cookman College, 1950; Bachelor of Divinity, Gammon Theological Seminary, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1965.
Career
Ordained to ministry, Methodist Church, 1957;
pastor in, Florida, Georgia and Rock River Conference, Chicago, 1950-1966;
vice president, Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, 1966-1968;
president, Interdenominational Theological Center, 1968-1975;
president, Bethune-Cookman College, since 1975. Director Florida Bank and Trust Company. Past trustee Carrie Steel Pitts Home, Atlanta.
Past president and Chairman of the Board education Georgia Conference, Central Jurisdiction, United Methodist Church. Now member board ministry DeLand district, also Florida Annual Conference, member, university senate, past chairman division ministry, member-at-large board global ministries. Member President's Board Advisors HBCU, United States Air Force Board Advisors HBCU.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors United Methodist Committee on Relief. Past member Volusia County (Florida) School Board, Florida Governor's Advisory Council on Productivity. Past member exec.com.
Southern Regional Education Board. Member of advisory committee Florida Sickle Cell Foundation, Inc. Past member of council presidents Atlanta U. Center.
Member Florida Board Indiana Colleges Universities. Past trustee Hinton Rural Life Center. Past board directors Institute of Black World, Wesley Community Center, Atlanta, Martin Luther King Center Social Change, Work Oriented Rehabilitation Center, Inc., Fund Theological Education.
Member of national selection committee Rockefeller Doctoral Fellowships in Religion. Board directors American National Red Cross, United Way, National Association Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, United Negro College Fund. Alsomem. fund raising strategy advising committee Georgia Pastors' School Crusade scholar, 1957-1964.
Member American Association Theological Schools (vice president 1968-1970), Ministerial Association of Halifax Area, Religious Education Association (past president, past Chairman, Board Of Directors), Mid-Atlantic Association professors Religious Education, Florida Association Colleges Universities (president since 1997), Atlanta Theological Association (past vice chairman), American Association of University Professors, Daytona Beach area Chamber of Commerce, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Theta Phi (past director international society), Alpha Kappa Mu, Phi Delta Kappa, Sigma Pi Phi, Alpha Phi Alpha.
Connections
Married Helen Carolyn Williams, June 8, 1952. Children— Josephine Suzette, Flora Helen, Oswald Perry.
