Background
Leavens, Robert French was born on December 20, 1878 in Arlington, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Albert and Emily (French) Leavens.
Leavens, Robert French was born on December 20, 1878 in Arlington, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Albert and Emily (French) Leavens.
Graduate Boston Latin School, 1897. Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1901. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Harvard Division School, 1906.
Graduate study University of California.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Mills College, 1937.
Mistress David P. Smith). Master Holderness School, Plymouth, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1901-1903. Ordained ministry Unitarian Church, 1907.
Assistant minister Arlington Street Church, Boston, Massachusetts, 1906-1908.
Minister First Parish Church, Fitchburg, 1908-1916. First Unitarian Church Omaha, Nebraska, 1916-1921, First Unitarian Church, Berkeley, California, 1922-1925, Minister Emeritus, 1947.
Lecturer in philosophy, Williams Institute, Berkeley, California, 1926-1931. Lecturer in religion, Mills College, Oakland, California, 1926-1928.
Chaplain Mills College, 1932-1937.
President Fitchburg Federation of Churches, 1915. President Berkeley Community Chest, 1925.
Member Dartmouth College Alumni Council, 1918-1921. Member of the.
Married Anna Whitney Cushing, February 20, 1912.