Background
Moreland, Robert Lyle was born on February 6, 1921 in Fairmont, West Virginia, United States. Son of James Rogers and Ethel Bernice (Finnicum) Moreland.
Moreland, Robert Lyle was born on February 6, 1921 in Fairmont, West Virginia, United States. Son of James Rogers and Ethel Bernice (Finnicum) Moreland.
Bachelor, College of Wooster, 1943. Bachelor's Degree, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1945. Master of Arts, Michigan State University, 1968.
Assistant pastor First Presbyterian Church, Joplin, Missouri, 1945—1947, pastor Harrison, Arkansas, 1947—1951, Emporia, Kansas, 1951—1957, Eastminster Presbyterian Church, East Lansing, Michigan, 1957—1968. Stated clerk, treasurer Presbytery of Detroit, 1968—1975. Controller Synod of the South, Atlanta, 1975—1978.
Vice president, corporation secretary Board of Pensions, Philadelphia, 1978—1987. Retired, 1987.
Chairman Human Relations Commission, East Lansing, Michigan, 1965—1968. President Kiwanis Club, 1967—1968. Treasurer Gibbons Home, Springfield, Pennsylvania, 1991—2001.
Member of Rotary Club of Swarthmore.
Married Martha Bamford Smith, December 18, 1943. Children: John Rogers, Mary Ellen Robertson, Sarah Jeanne Conyer, Sue Anne Eason.