Background
Lindquist, Raymond Irving was born on April 14, 1907 in Sumner, Nebraska, United States. Son of Review Elmer H. and Esther (Nyberg) Lindquist.
Lindquist, Raymond Irving was born on April 14, 1907 in Sumner, Nebraska, United States. Son of Review Elmer H. and Esther (Nyberg) Lindquist.
Student, Kearney State College, 1925; Bachelor of Arts, Wheaton College, Illinois, 1929; student, Columbia University Law School, 1929-1930; A.M., Princeton University, 1933; Th.B. (Hugh Davies prize homiletics. Erdman prize Bible; Zwemer fellow Comparative Religions), Princeton Seminary, 1933; Doctor of Divinity, Cumberland U., 1939; Doctor of Divinity, Ursinus College, 1980; Doctor of Laws, Bloomfield College, New Jersey, 1957; Doctor of Laws, Eastern College, 1977; Doctor of Humane Letters, California College Medicine, 1963.
Ordained to ministry, Presbyterian Church, 1934;
director religious education, Third Presbyterian Church, Newark, 1931-1934;
minister, Old First Presbyterian Church, Orange, New Jersey, 1934-1953;
minister, Hollywood First Presbyterian Church, 1953-1971. Visiting professor homiletics Bloomfield Seminary, New Jersey, 1945-1953. Lecturer Princeton Seminary, Pittcairn-Crabbe, Pittsburgh, U. Iowa, United States Air Force, Israel, Germany, Johnston Island, University of California at Los Angeles, U. Society California, Pentagon, Northwestern University, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, Westminster College, Missouri, Tel Aviv, Zurich, Switzerland.
President of the board national missions United Presbyterian Church, 1955-1962, general county, 1955-1962. Vice president Templeton Foundation.
Board directors Covenant Life (formerly Presbyterian Ministers Fund), Philadelphia, chairman board, since 1980. Board directors Presbyterian Medical Center, Hollywood, California, since 1954, Metropolitan Young Men’s Christian Association, Los Angeles. Trustee Princeton Theological Seminary, Southern California Presbyterian Homes., Olmstead Trust, Hollywood, California, since 1954.
Member Phi Kappa Delta. Clubs: Rotary (Los Angeles) (board directors), Los Angeles Country (Los Angeles). Symposium (Princeton).
Glen Lake (Sparta, New Jersey), Sunset Rock (Sparta, New Jersey). Shadow Mountain (Palm Desert, California).
Married Ella Sofield, September 16, 1930. Children: Ray Irving, Ruth Elizabeth Lindquist McCalmont.