Background
Kerr, Robert Shaw was born on August 16, 1917 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Edgar John and Amelia (Shaw) Kerr.
Kerr, Robert Shaw was born on August 16, 1917 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Edgar John and Amelia (Shaw) Kerr.
Bachelor, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1940. Graduate, General Theological Seminary, 1943. STB, General Theological Seminary, 1960.
System Technologies, General Theological Seminary, 1960.
Assistant, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City master, Choir School, New York City, 1943-1946; rector Vermont parishes,, 1946-1966; dean, Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Burlington, Vermont, 1966-1990. Bishop coadjutor Diocese of Vermont, 1974, bishop, 1974-1990.
Married Carolyn Brooks Hill, 1945. 2 children.