Background
Sessions, Robert Paul was born on October 5, 1926 in Hardy, Arkansas, United States.
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Robert Paul Sessions
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Education
AB, Southern Methodist University, 1948. Master of Theology, Southern Methodist University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1968.
Career
Pastor, St. John's Methodist Church, Van Buren, Arkansas, 1950-1956; pastor, 1st Methodist Church, Booneville, Arkansas, 1956-1962; pastor, East Braintree Methodist Church, Massachusetts, 1962-1967; assistant professor sociology and religion, West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannan, 1967-1970; professor, department chairman, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, 1970-1981; president, Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, 1981-1984; dean Graduate School, director institutional planning, Kearney State College, Nebraska, 1984-1988; professor, U. Richmond, 1988-1992. Consultant West Virginia Department Education, Charleston, 1967-1970, Tennessee Committee for the Humanities, Nashville, 1974, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, 1976-1977.
Achievements
Membership
Board directors Broadside television, Johnson City, Tennessee, 1974-1976. Trustee Richard Young Psychiatric Hospital, Kearney, Nebraska, 1985-1988, chairman 1987-1988. Served with United States Navy, 1944-1946.
Member American Sociological Association, Southern Sociological Society, Society for the Study of Social Problems, Society of Christian Ethics, Religious Research Association, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Kappa Delta, Pi Gamma Mu, Phi Delta Kappa Lodges: Rotary Masons.
Connections
Son of Adolphus Wann and Mattie Orel (Gibson) Jernigan. Adopted son Loys Rutherford S. Married Martha Rae Rutledge, 1950 (divorced 1957).
Children: Laura Elizabeth Sessions Stepp, Teresa Rae Sessions Kramer. Married Julia Margaret Anderson, December 26, 1960. Children: Kathryn Grace, Sarah Ruth Sessions Lundal.
Education
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1948
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1950
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1968