Background
Calhoun, Robert Lowry was born on December 30, 1896 in St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States. Son of David Thomas and Lida Brooks (Toomer) Calhoun.
Calhoun, Robert Lowry was born on December 30, 1896 in St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States. Son of David Thomas and Lida Brooks (Toomer) Calhoun.
Bachelor, Carleton College, 1915. Doctor of Laws, Carleton College, 1946. Bachelor's Degree, Yale University, 1918.
Master of Arts, Yale University, 1919. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1923. Doctor of Divinity, University Chicago, 1941.
Doctor of Divinity, Oberlin College, 1944. Doctor of Divinity, Princeton University, 1957.
Instructor philosophy and education, Carleton College, Illinois, 1921-1923;
from instructor to associate professor history theology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1923-1936;
professor history theology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, from 1936. Special lecturer Yale University, 1934, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1935, Colgate-Rochester Theological Seminary, 1937, Princeton University, 1938, 43, Theological Seminary of the Reformed Churches in the United States, 1940, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1940, University of Virginia, 1941, Pacific School of Religion, 1942, Harvard University, 1943, 44, Vanderbilt University, 1944, University of Chicago, 1947, Notre Dame Law School, 1959. Netherlands-American Exchange professor of University Amsterdam 1952-1953.
Ayer lecturer Colgate Rochester Theological Seminary, 1958. Danforth lecturer Cornell Univercity, 1958-1959.
Member American Association of University Professors (1st vice president 1954-1956), American Philosophical Association, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho, Book and Bond Club (Yale).
Married Ella Clay Wakeman, December 24, 1923. Children: David Wakeman, Edward Thomas Davidson, Robert Maurice, Harriet Huddleston.