Background
Swartz, Philip Allen was born on February 25, 1889 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of William Paley and Florence Allen (Reed) Swartz.
Swartz, Philip Allen was born on February 25, 1889 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of William Paley and Florence Allen (Reed) Swartz.
Preparatory education Riverview Academy, Poughkeepsie, New New York Bachelor of Arts, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, 1910, Doctor of Divinity, 1927. Graduate study, Columbia, 1914-1915, Union Theological Seminary, New York City, 1914-1915, 16-18.
Secretary, Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions, 1910-1913, 15-16. Secretary foreign department Young Men's Christian Association, Saint St. Petersburg, Russia, 1913-1914. Assistant pastor Central Presbyterian Church, New York City, 1914-1915.
Pastor Forest Hills, New York, 1916-1918.
Director religious and social work, Rockefeller Foundation, Peking (China) Medical College, 1918-1922. Minister Third Presbyterian Church, Rochester, New York, 1922-1925, Central Union Church, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, 1925-1930, First Congressional Church, Louisiana Grange, Illinois, 1930-1934.
Secretary Federal Council Churches of Christ in American, 1934-1939. Executive director Friends Democracy, Incorporated., 1939-1940.
Became pastor First Congressional Church, Poughkeepsie, 1940.
Interim pastor Salem Evangelical Church, Rochester, New York, 1959-1960. General secretary Greater Fall River Council Churches, Fall River, Massachusetts, 1960-1962.
Served with personnel department War Work Council, Young Men's Christian Association, 1917. Member Hymn Society, American Academy Political Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Upsilon. Clubs: Candlewood Knolls, Rotary.
Married Lillian Belle Gleason, June 10, 1914. Children: William Allen, Philip Gleason, Guthrie Reed, Florence Eleanor.