Background
Washburn, Paul was born on March 31, 1911 in Aurora, Illinois, United States. Son of Eliot Arthur and Lena (Buhrnsen) Washburn.
Washburn, Paul was born on March 31, 1911 in Aurora, Illinois, United States. Son of Eliot Arthur and Lena (Buhrnsen) Washburn.
Bachelor of Arts, North Central College, Naperville, Illinois, 1936; Doctor of Humane Letters, North Central College, Naperville, Illinois, 1970; Bachelor of Divinity, Evangelical Theological Seminary, 1938; Doctor of Divinity, Indiana Central College, Indianapolis, 1954; Doctor of Divinity, Wiley College, Marshall, Texas, 1975; Doctor of Divinity, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, 1983; Doctor of Civil Law, Westmar College, LeMars, Iowa, 1972.
Teller, bookkeeper, First National Bank, Aurora, 1929-1932; ordained to ministry, Evangelical Church, 1938; pastor in, Chenoa, Illinois, 1934-1939; pastor in, Rockford, Illinois, 1939-1952; pastor in, Naperville, 1952-1964; executive secretary, EUB Commission Church Union, 1964-1968; bishop, United Methodist Church, Minneapolis, 1968-1972; bishop, United Methodist Church, Chicago area, 1972-1980; member Executive Committee, World Methodist Council, 1971-1981. Member United Methodist delegate to general board National Council Churches, 1970-1974. President Board Global Ministries, United Methodist Church, 1972-1976.
President Council Social Ags., Rockford, 1948-1949, Family Service Organization, 1948-1950. Member executive committee and plan Union Commission Consultation Church Union. Trustee Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois, from 1972, North Central College, Naperville, Kendall College, Evanston, 1972-1980, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, 1972-1986.
Married Kathryn Elizabeth Fischer, January 12, 1937. Children: Mary Kathryn Washburn Smith, Jane Anne Washburn Eigenbrodt, Frederick Paul, John Arthur.