Background
Rankin, Raymond Coile was born on March 16, 1894 in Greeneville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Thomas Samuel and Mary (Coile) Rankin.
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Raymond Coile Rankin
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Raymond Coile Rankin, American College president, clergyman. Ordained to ministry Presbyterian Church, 1917. President Community Chest, Johnson City, 1932-1933; department chairman social svc.Coun. of Churches, Detroit, 1930. Member Church and Professional Social Workers (president 1950-1951), Cross Cut Club (president 1948-1949), Civitans, Phi Delta Alpha.
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Education
AB, Tusculum College, 1914; Doctor of Divinity, Tusculum College, 1927; graduate, McCormick Theological Seminary, 1917; Doctor of Laws, King College, Bristol, Tennessee, 1962.
Career
With, Young Men’s Christian Association, 1917-1918;
rural life worker, Presbyterian Church, 1918-1923;
associate pastor, 1st Presbyterian Church, Wichita, Kansas, 1923-1928;
associate pastor, Watauga Avenue Presbyterian Church, Johnson City, Tennessee, 1931-1944;
associate pastor, Lindsay Memorial Presbyterian Church, Memphis, 1944-1951;
executive minister, Fort Street Church, Detroit, 1928-1930;
president, Tusculum College, Greeneville, from 1951;
trustee, Tusculum College, Greeneville, 1942-1951. Chairman week-day board religious education, Wichita, 1924-1925. Member special race relations committee Presbyterian Church, 1947-1949.
President Johnson City Ministerial Association, 1935, Mins. Association Memphis, 1947-1948.
Achievements
Membership
President Community Chest, Johnson City, 1932-1933. Department chairman social svc.Coun. of Churches, Detroit, 1930. Member Church and Professional Social Workers (president 1950-1951), Cross Cut Club (president 1948-1949), Civitans, Phi Delta Alpha. M C.
Connections
Married Katherine Peyton, May 12, 1924. Children: Mary Ellen Rankin Cowles, Virginia Rankin Schaeffer, Jane Rankin Herring.
