Background
Dusen, Henry Pitney Van was born on December 11, 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George Richstein and Katherine James (Pitney) Van Dusen.
Dusen, Henry Pitney Van was born on December 11, 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George Richstein and Katherine James (Pitney) Van Dusen.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1919. Bachelor of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, 1924. Doctor of Philosophy, Edinburgh University, 1932, Doctor of Divinity, 1946.
South.T.D., New York University, 1945, Westminster Theological Seminary, 1956, Columbia, 1956.
Doctor of Divinity, Amherst College, 1946, Oberlin College, 1947, Yale, 1947, Heidelberg College, 1950, Queen's University, 1952, Harvard, 1954, Dertmouth, 1956, Colgate University, 1960, Virginia Theological Seminary, 1963, Pacific School Religion, 1963, Bucknell University, 1964, Assumption College, 1968. Doctor of Letters, Jewish Theological Seminary 1958.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Bates College, 1959.
Ordained to ministry Presbyterian Church, 1924. Instructor Union Theological Seminary, New York City, 1926, assistant professor systematic theology and philosophy of religion, 1928-1931, associate professor, 1931-1936, professor systematic theology, 1936-1963, dean of students, 1931-1939, president, 1945-1963. President faculty, Auburn Theological Seminary, 1945-1963.
Trustee Princeton.
Trustee Foundation Theological Education South.E. Asia, chairman, 1952. Trustee Millbrook School, 1939-1948, Vassar College, 1937-1941, Smith College, 1945-1950, Elizabeth Morrow School.
Member United Board Christian Higher Education In Asia president, 1953-1964. Member board Foreign Missions, United Presbyterian Church, United States of America. Fellow National Council on Religion in Higher Education.
Member American Theological Society, Council on Foreign Relations, World Council Churches and International Missionary Council.
Clubs: Century, Princeton, Nassau.
Married Elizabeth Coghill Bartholomew, June 19, 1931. Children: John George, Henry Hugh, Derek Bartholomew.