Background
Albright, Raymond Wolf was born on July 16, 1901 in Akron, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Richard Lausch and Margaret Garman (Wolf) Albright.
Albright, Raymond Wolf was born on July 16, 1901 in Akron, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Richard Lausch and Margaret Garman (Wolf) Albright.
Student Albright College, 1918-1921. Bachelor of Divinity, Evangelical School of Theology, 1922. Bachelor of Arts, Franklin and Marshall College, 1923, Master of Arts, 1924.
Bachelor of Divinity, Reformed Theological Seminary, 1924.
Doctor of Theology, Division School Protestant Episcopal Church, 1933. University scholar in history and religions University of Pennsylvania, 1928-1929.
Fellow Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation, Germany, 1937. Doctor of Letters, Franklin and Marshall College, 1948.
Doctor of Laws, Albright College, 1964.
; children—Winifred Louise, Raymond Jaco. Married second, Caroline Elizabeth Ayer Rising, June 9, 1933. 1 stepson, Hawley Knox Rising.
Ordained deacon Evangelical Church, 1923.
Elder, 1925; ordained deacon, priest in Protestant Episcopal Church, 1953. Pastor at Berkshire Heights, Lebanon, and Matamoras, Pennsylvania, 1922-1927.
Professor church history, Evangelical School of Theological, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1926-1952. Professor graduate Church history Temple University, 1935-1945.
William Reed Huntington professor church history Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1952-1965.
Visiting professor U. Marburg, Germany, 1956. Lecturer Radcliffe Seminars, 1957-1962. Trustee Albright College, 1944-1947.
Member of the board corporators, Presbyterian Ministers Fund. Member general conference Evangelical U.B. Church. Member American Society Church History (president 1963), Committee Internationale d’Histoire Ecclesiatique Compare (American chairman), Berkshire County History Society, Pennsylvania German Society, American History Association, Hymn Society American, Lambda Chi Alpha, Alpha Pi Omega, Phi Upsilon Kappa.
Clubs: Torch, Twenty.
Married Mary Catherine Sherr, June 18, 1924 (deceased. Married second, Caroline Elizabeth Ayer Rising, June 9, 1933. Children: Winifred Louise, Raymond Jaco.