Ralph Curry Walker

Background

Walker, Ralph Curry was born on August 6, 1892 in Berlin. Maryland. Son of Charles Astor and Virginia (Candidus) Walker.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, New York University, 1922. Th.B., Auburn (New York) Theological Seminary, 1925. Doctor of Divinity, Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Chicago, 1933.

Career

Ordained ministry Church of Christ. 1925; pastor Central Church, Auburn, 1925-1929. Ordained Baptist ministry, 1929.

Pastor Euclid Avenue Church, Cleveland, 1929-1936, Temple Church, Los Angeles, 1936-1941, First Baptist Church, Portland, Oregon, 1941-1952, Madison Avenue Baptist Church, New York, 1952-1959, First Baptist Church, Temple City, California, 1959-1961, retired.

Field counsellor Ministers and Missionaries Benefit Board, American Baptist Convention, 1962.

Achievements

• Ralph Curry Walker has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member general council Northern Baptist Convention, vice president convention, 1942-1943. Served in Army Young Men's Christian Association, 1917-1918, in United States Navy, 1918. Member Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Chi Alpha.

Mason (32°).

Connections

Married Clarissa Doctorate. White, September 15, 1922. Children: Ralph Curry (deceased), Philip Doolittle, Margaret Donalda, Virginia.