Paul Ehrman Scherer

Background

Scherer, Paul Ehrman was born on June 22, 1892 in Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Melanchton Gideon Groseclose and Alice Melvina Catherine (Ehrman) Scherer.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, College of Charleston (South Carolina.), 1911, Master of Arts magna cum laude, 1913. Bachelor of Divinity, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Mount Airy, Philadelphia, 1916. Doctor of Divinity, Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia, 1923.

Doctor of Laws, College of Charleston, 1935.

Doctor of Letters, Wittenberg College, 1936. Doctor of Humane Letters, Gettysburg College, 1939.

Career

Ordained ministry Lutheran Church, 1916, assistant pastor Holy Trinity Church, Buffalo, New York, 1918-1919. Instructor Mount Airy Theological Seminary, 1919-1920. Pastor Holy Trinity Church, New York, 1920-1945.

Brown professor of homiletics, Union Theological Seminary, New York City, 1945-1960.

Visiting professor Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, 1960-1961, Francis Landey Patton visiting professor homiletics Princeton (New Jersey) Theological Seminary, 1961-1968. Radio preacher, Sunday Vespers, 1932-1945.

Associate editor, The Interpreter’s Bible, 1942-1957. Lyman Beecher lecturer, 1943.

Jarrell Foundation lecturer, 1944.

Cole lecturer, Vanderbilt University, 1945, Perkins lecturer, 1955, Mullins lecturer, 1957. Earl lecturer, 1964.

Achievements

• Paul Ehrman Scherer has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Pi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married Lilie Fry Benbow, September 4, 1919. Children: Barbara Benbow (Mistress Martin van Buren Sargent), Pamela Benbow (Mistress Chalmers Coe).

Father:

Melanchton Gideon Groseclose Scherer

Mother:

Alice Melvina Catherine (Ehrman) Scherer

Spouse:

Lilie Fry Benbow

child:

Pamela Benbow Scherer (Mistress Chalmers Coe)

child:

Barbara Benbow Scherer (Mistress Martin van Buren Sargent)