Background
Flewelling, Ralph Tyler was born on November 23, 1871 in DeWitt, Michigan, United States. Son of Francis Tyler and Mary Cornelia (Whitney) Flewelling.
Flewelling, Ralph Tyler was born on November 23, 1871 in DeWitt, Michigan, United States. Son of Francis Tyler and Mary Cornelia (Whitney) Flewelling.
University of Michigan, 1890-1892. Bachelor of Arts, Alma (Michigan) College, 1895. Garrett Biblical Institute, 1895.
Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Boston University School of Theology, 1902.
Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1909, Doctor of Laws, 1931. Doctor of Letters, University of Southern California, 1945.
Ordained Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1896. Pastor Newton Centre, Massachusetts, 1903-1906, Athol, Massachusetts, 1906-1909. Harvard Street Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1909-1913.
Leominster, Massachusetts, 1913-1916, First Church, Boston, 1916-1917.
Professor and head department of philosophy, University of Southern California, 1917-1929. Director School of Philosophy, same university, May 16, 1929-1945.
Director emeritus, School Philosophy, since 1945. Director international studies, Olive Hill Foundation, 1946-1947.
Visiting professor California in-China College of Chinese Studies, Peiping, lecturer at Yenching University, Peiping, and in various national and Christian universities in China, 1934-1935.
Lecturer Tully Cleon Knoles Foundation, College Pacific. At the Sorbonne, 1918. Head department of philosophy, American Expeditionary Force University, Beaune, France, 1918.
Western States representative for World Congress of Faiths.
Honorary member United Nations.
Member permanent committee International Congress of Philosophy. Member American Philosophical Society (president Pacific Division 1938-1939), British Institute Philosophical Studies, American Scientific Association, Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion, Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi. Clubs: University, X.
Married L. Jennie Carlin, August 16, 1893. Children: Ralph Carlin, Mistress Cecil Richardson.