Background
Sockman, Ralph Washington was born on October 1, 1889 in Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States. Son of Rigdon Potter and Harriet O. (Ash) Sockman.
Sockman, Ralph Washington was born on October 1, 1889 in Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States. Son of Rigdon Potter and Harriet O. (Ash) Sockman.
Bachelor of Arts, Ohio Wesleyan, 1911. Doctor of Divinity, 1923. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1913.
Doctor of Philosophy, 1917.
South.T.D., 1954; graduate Union Theological Seminary, 1916. Doctor of Laws, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1930.
Doctor of Divinity, New York University, 1932, Wesleyan University, 1934. Doctor of Humane Letters, Rollins College, 1937.
Doctor of Letters, Florida Southern, 1937.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Washington and Jefferson College, 1942. South.T.D., Northwestern University, 1947, Syracuse University, 1962. Doctor of Civil Law, Miami University, 1952.
Doctor of Divinity, Oberlin College, 1954.
Doctor of Humane Letters, University Tampa, 1954, Bloomfield College and Seminary, 1955. Doctor of Letters, Duke, 1954.
Doctor of Laws, Ohio University, 1954, Lehigh University, 1959, Ricker College, 1960, University of Pacific, 1961, Carroll College, 1962, Morningside College, 1965.
Ash. Intercollegiate secretary Young Men's Christian Association, 1911-1913. Associate minister Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, now Christ Church New York City, 1916, minister, 1917-1961, emeritus, 1961-1970. Director of Hall of Fame for Great Americans, New York City, 1961-1970.
Lyman Beecher lecturer, Yale, 1941.
Associate professor practical theology Union Theological Seminary, Harry Emerson Fosdick visiting professor, 1963-1964. With Army Young Men's Christian Association, 1918.
President Federation of Churches, 1927-1929. Director Union Theological Seminary, New York University, director Hall of Fame.
Trustee New York University, Ohio Wesleyan University, Drew U. President Ohio Society of New York, 1940-1943, Chairman World Peace Committee Methodist Church, since 1928.
Chaplain, New York University. Elected member Harvard Board of Preachers, 1944. Vice president Church Peace Union, 1944, president, 1947.
Visiting professorship homiletics, Yale, 1947-1948.
Chairman Interfaith Committee, American Society for Russian Relief. Delegate to Russia, 1947.
Trustee Syracue U.
Member Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Chirurgical Clubs: Century, Metropolitan, Monday, Quill.
Married Zellah Widmer Endly, June 15, 1916.