Background
Brashear, Robert Laird was born on December 3, 1949 in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Slagle and Hazel Irene (Laird) Brashear.
religious organization administrator
Brashear, Robert Laird was born on December 3, 1949 in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Slagle and Hazel Irene (Laird) Brashear.
Bachelor, College of Wooster, Ohio, 1971. Master of Divinity, Yale Division School, New Haven, Connecticut, 1975.
Chaplain University Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1973-1975. Associate pastor First Presbyterian Ch, Tulsa, 1975-1985. Executive director Presbyterian Urban Ministry Council, 1977-1985.
Consultant Program Agency United Presbyterian Church, New York City, 1982-1985. Executive director S. Hills Interfaith Ministries, Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, since 1985. Chair. Presbyterian Church (United States of America) Task Force on Center American, New York City, 1982-1983, 87-88, on interfaith marriage, Louisville, 1991, advisory council Church and Society, New York City, 1984-1986, Natural Workshop on Christian-Jewish Relations, Pittsburgh, since 1990.
Member Presbyterian Church (United States of America), Task Force on Christians and Jews, New York City, 1983-1988.
Secretary South Hills Family Hospice, Pittsburgh, 1991, treasurer Pittsburgh Peace Institute, 1991, member Holocaust Commission Pittsburgh, 1991, Allegheny County Board for Food and Shelter, Pittsburgh, 1991, steering committee Middle East Forum, Pittsburgh, 1991. Member N. American Interfaith Network, National Interfaith Community Ministries, National Association Ecumenical Staff, Presbyterian Health Education and Welfare Association (board directors 1982-1984), Community Ministries and Neighborhood Organization (steering committee since 1990), New York City Road Runners, Washington County (Pennsylvania) Road Runners.
Married Andrea Ruth Schwartz, April 8, 1984. Children: Micah Scott, Nathaniel Laird.