Background
Liston, Robert Todd Lapsley was born on December 10, 1898 in Oxford, Alabama, United States. Son of Robert Todd and Isabel Pratt (Lapsley) Liston.
Liston, Robert Todd Lapsley was born on December 10, 1898 in Oxford, Alabama, United States. Son of Robert Todd and Isabel Pratt (Lapsley) Liston.
AB, Davidson College, 1920. Doctor of Laws, Davidson College, 1955. Bachelor of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, 1924.
Master of Theology, Union Seminary, 1925. Student, University Marburg, 1927. Doctor of Philosophy, University Edinburgh, 1930.
Assistant professor Hebrew, Union Theological Seminary, 1927-1928; pastor, Richlands, Virginia, 1928-1937; associate professor Bible, Southwestern College, Memphis, 1937-1940; president, Davis and Elkins College, 1940-1943; president, King College, from 1943. Smythe lecturer Columbia Theological Seminary, 1952.
Married Maria Preston Holman, June 25, 1929 (deceased 1957). Children: Robert Holman, Jonathan Miller. Married Jane Leighton Richards, August 7, 1959.