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TEMPLETON, John was born on November 29, 1912 in Winchester, Tennessee, United States of America. Son of Harvey Maxwell and Vella Handly Templeton.
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TEMPLETON, John was born on November 29, 1912 in Winchester, Tennessee, United States of America. Son of Harvey Maxwell and Vella Handly Templeton.
AB, Yale University, 1934. Master of Arts (law) (Rhodes scholar), Balliol College, Oxford, England, 1936. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Beaver College, 1965.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Marquette University, 1980. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Jamestown College, 1983. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Maryville College, 1984.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Babson College, 1992. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Rhodes College, 1992. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Rochester, 1992.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Louisiana College, 1993. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Moravian College, 1994. Doctor of Literature (honorary), Wilson College, 1974.
Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Buena Vista College, 1979. Doctor of Civil Law (honorary), University of South, 1984. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Manhattan College, 1990.
Doctor of Humane Letters, University Dubuque, 1992. Doctor of Humane Letters, Florida Southern College, 1992. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Campbell University, 1993.
Doctor of Laws, Moravian College, 1994. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Stonehill College, 1995. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Furman University, 1995.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Notre Dame University, 1996. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Methodist College, 1997. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Brigham Young University, 1998.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Queens College, 1999. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Johns Hopkins University, 2006.
President and Director National Geophysical Company, Dallas and New York 1937-1941. President, and Director Templeton, Dobbrow and Vance, Inc., New York 1941-1965, Templeton Growth Fund Canada Ltd., Toronto 1954-1985, Templeton Funds, Inc. 1977-1986; Templeton Global Funds, Inc.
1981-1986; Chairman Templeton Damroth Corporation 1959-1962. Vice President and Director First Trust Bank Ltd., Bahamas since 1963. Director Magic Chef, Inc., Cleveland, Tennessee 1965-1986.
Chase Manhattan Trust Company 1972-1982, British-American Insurance Company 1973-1982. Chairman Templeton, Galbraith and Hansberger Ltd. since 1986. Chairman Board of Trustees Princeton Theological Seminary 1967-1973, 1979-1985.
Chair, and Trustee Templeton Theological Seminary since 1985. Trustee Templeton Foundation Inc. since 1952, Wilson College 73, Englewood Hospital 1953-1956, Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton since 1967, Buena Vista College since 1981, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (United States of America) 1984-1988, Balliol College Oxford Endowments Fund since 1984, Templeton Project Trust (England) since 1984, America European Community Association.
Past president Lyford Cay (Bahamas) Property Owners Association. Chairman Young Men’s Christian Association Bergen County, 1952-1954. Director, campaign chairman Englewood Community Chest, 1953-1954.
Trustee Englewood Hospital, 1953-1956, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1984-1987, Balliol College Endowments (Oxford), Templeton Project Trust (England). Chairman board trustees Princeton Theological Seminary, 1967-1973, 79-85, trustee for restoration of Westminster Abbey, 1991-2008. Trustee Wilson College, 1941-1973, Buena Vista College, 1981-2008, Templeton Foundation Inc., 1952-2008, John Templeton Foundation Inc., 1987-2008, council on theological seminars United Presbyterian Church United States of America, 1946-1983.
Member Center Theological Inquiry, 1979-1992, Commission on Ecumenical Mission, 1961-1970. Board corporators Presbyterian Ministers Fund, Inc., 1960-1993. Board visitors Harvard Division School, 1981-1988.
Advisory board Harvard Center for the study of World Religions, 1975-1989. Board managers American Bible Society, 1972-1992. Management Council Templeton College (Oxford).
President Templeton Theological Seminary, Bahamas, 1984-1988. Honorary rector Dubuque University, 1982-1992. Member Society Security Analysts, World President Organization, Chief Executives Organization (president 1968-1969), Bahamas C. of Chamber (board directors 1976-1979), International Academy Religious Sciences, Mount Pelerin Society, Elihu Club, Elizabethan Club (New Haven), Yale Club, University Club (New York City), Lyford Cay Club of Bahamas (deputy chairman 1980-1986), Lansdowne Club, Royal Overseas League, Athenaeum (England), United Oxford and Cambridge Universities Club (England), White's Club (England), Rotary (Bahamas), Phi Beta Kappa., Zeta Psi.
Society Security Analysts
World President Organization
Chief Executives Organization (president 1968-69)
1968 - 1969
Bahamas C. of C. (board directors 1976-79)
1976 - 1979
International Academy Religious Scis.
Mount Pelerin Society
Elihu Club
Elizabethan Club (New Haven)
Yale Club
University Club (New York City)
Lyford Cay Club of Bahamas (deputy chairman 1980-86)
1980 - 1986
Lansdowne Club
Royal Overseas League
Athenaeum (England)
United Oxford and Cambridge Univs. Club (England)
White's Club (England)
Rotary (Bahamas)
Phi Beta Kappa.
Zeta Psi.
Married Judith Dudley Folk, April 7, 1937 (deceased February 1951). Children: John Marks, Anne Dudley, Christopher Winston. Married Irene Reynolds Butler, December 31, 1958 (deceased November 1993).