Background
Lanning, Robert Lee was born on August 5, 1872 in Cambridge, Ohio, United States. Son of George and Keziah (Speers) Lanning.
Lanning, Robert Lee was born on August 5, 1872 in Cambridge, Ohio, United States. Son of George and Keziah (Speers) Lanning.
Bachelor of Arts, Ohio Northern University, 1893, Master of Arts, 1895. Student Pittsburgh-Xenia Theological Seminary, 1895-1898. Doctor of Divinity, Whitworth College, Tacoma, Washington, 1909.
Doctor of Laws, Monmouth (Illinois) College, 1938.
Ordained ministry United Presbyterian Church, 1898. Pastor United Presbyterian Church, Everett, Washington, 1900-1912, New Castle, Pennsylvania, 1913-1918. Associate editor Board of Publication United Presbyterian Church, 1918-1926, editor 1926-1944, general manager, 1935-1945.
Retired July 1, 1945.
Member International South.S. Lesson Committee (now incorporated in International Council of Religious Education), 1918-1945 (chairman home daily Bible readings committee 1922-1941.
Married Nellie Fulton, 1900. Married second, Belle Edie, 1918. Children: Robert Lee, George Edie.