Background
Cushman, Robert Earl was born on December 26, 1913 in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ralph Spaulding and Maud (Hammond) Cushman.
Cushman, Robert Earl was born on December 26, 1913 in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ralph Spaulding and Maud (Hammond) Cushman.
Student, Denver U., 1932-1934; Bachelor of Arts, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1936; Bachelor of Divinity, Yale, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1942; Doctor of Humane Letters, Belmont (North Carolina) Abbey, 1966.
Ordained elder, Methodist Church, 1940;
assistant pastor, Methodist Church, South Meriden, Connecticut, 1936-1940;
assistant pastor, Park Methodist Church, Hamilton, New York, 1941;
instructor theology, Yale Division School, 1942-1943;
professor religion, U. Oregon, 1943-1945;
associate professor theology, Duke U. Division School, 1945-1948;
professor, Duke Division School, 1948-1958;
dean, Duke Division School, 1958-1971;
research professor, Duke Division School, 1971-1979;
lecturer in residence, Duke Division School, 1980-1984;
retired, Duke Division School, 1979. Official Methodist delegate World Conference Faith and Order, Lund, Sweden, 1952. Founding member of commission ecumenical consultation Methodist Church, 1958-1964.
Member of commission ecumenical affairs United Methodist Church, 1964-1972, vice president, 1971-1972. Member N.A. commission worship World Council Churches, 1954-1963. Official Methodist delegate 4th World Conference Faith and Order, Montreal, 1963.
Methodist official observer 2d Vatican Council, Rome, 1963-1965. Member North Carolina conference Wesley Society, 1955-1962. Member of commission ecumenical affairs National Council Churches, 1965-1970.
Member World Methodist Council, 1968-1972. Chairman, Board Of Directors Oxford Edit. Wesley Works Project, Inc., 1959-1971, general editor, 1971-1988, vice president, 1976-1988.
FellowEcumenical Institute Advanced Theological Studies, Jerusalem, 1971-1972. Delegate General Conference, Methodist Church, 1964, 66, 68, 70, 72. Member university senate United Methodist Church, 1966-1971.
Methodist delegate North Carolina Council Churches, 1970-1974.
Member Association United Methodist Theological Schools (president 1964-1966, member executive committee), Duodecim Theological Group, American Theological Society, Society Mayflower Descendents, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Barbara Priscilla Edgecomb, September 12, 1936 (deceased July 1992). Children: Robert Earl, Thomas Spaulding, Elizabeth Jane.