Background
Emmons, Peter Kenneth was born on May 9, 1892 in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey, United States. Son of Peter Dénise and Emma Catherine (Kennedy) Emmons.
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Peter Kenneth Emmons
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AB, Princeton University, 1912. Doctor of Divinity, Princeton University, 1956. Graduate, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1915.
Doctor of Divinity, Washington & Jefferson College, 1937. Doctor of Divinity, Grove City College, 1937.
Career
Pastor, Brisge St. Presbyterian Church, Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, 1915-1916; pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, 1916-1919; pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Trenton, New Jersey, 1919-1927; pastor, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1927-1958; pastor emeritus, West Church, Scranton.
Achievements
Membership
Member of Executive Committee Delaware Valley area Boy Scouts American. Board directors MonroeCounty Young Men’s Christian Association, Stroudsburg. Served with Young Men’s Christian Association, World War I.
President of the board of trustees Princeton Theological Seminary. Past member Commission Ecumenical Mission and Rels. United Presbyterian Church United States, member county theological education.
Member MonroeCounty History Society. Member National Exch. Club (honorary), Irem Temple Country Club, Rotary International (former governor 36th district), Masons (32 degree), Shriners.
Connections
Married Helen Augusta West, May 19, 1915. Children: Roberta West, Doris Elizabeth, Mary Alice, Helen Patricia.
