Background
Smith, Roy Lemon was born on January 28, 1887 in Nickerson, Kansas, United States. Son of John Newman and Mary (Lemon) Smith.
Smith, Roy Lemon was born on January 28, 1887 in Nickerson, Kansas, United States. Son of John Newman and Mary (Lemon) Smith.
Student Nickerson College, 1904-1906. Bachelor of Arts, Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, 1908. Doctor of Divinity, 1923, Doctor of Laws, 1941.
Doctor of Divinity, Gammon Theological Seminary, 1953.
Bachelor of Divinity, Garrett Biblical Institute, 1915, Doctor of Divinity, 1941. Master of Arts, Northwestern University, 1915.
Doctor of Literature, Upper Iowa University, 1927. South.T.D., University of Southern California, 1936.
Doctor of Divinity, Chapman College, 1937.
Doctor of Laws, Sam Houston College, 1937. Doctor of Humane Letters, Florida Southern College, 1941. Doctor of Letters, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1941, Millsaps College and Southern Methodist University, 1945.
Doctor of Humane Letters, McMurry College, 1946.
Began preaching at Wellington, Kansas, 1908. Pastor successively Cimarron, Kansas, Saint Paul’s Church, Chicago, Simpson Methodist Church, Minneapolis. Pastor First Methodist Church, Los Angeles, California.
Editor Christian Advocate (official publication Methodist Church), 1940-1948, publishing agent Methodist Church, 1948-1952.
Was associate pastor Central Church, Chicago, with Doctor Frank West. Gunsaulus, 1914-1915. Acting pastor People's Church, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1915.
Department editor Northwestern Christian Advocate, Chicago, 1916-1922. Feature writer Chicago Tribune Synd., 1923-1941.
Free lance writer, 1912-1940.
Editorial writer Minneapolis Star, 1926-1931. Syndicate writer National Council of Churches from 1947. Graduate faculty University of Southern California, 1935-1940.
Director Ministers Life and Casualty Union from 1923.
Delaware Methodist General Conference, 1936, 40, 44.
Member Methodist Uniting Conference, 1939, Methodist Ecumenical Conference, 1948, 52, Methodist Board of Temperance, 1940-1944, Methodist Board Evangelism, from 1944. Fellow American Geography Society. Member Foreign Policy Association, American Council Pacific Affairs Institute, American Academy Political and Social Science, Pi Kappa Delta, Pi Gamma Mu, Phi Chi Phi.
Mason.
Club: International Lyceum Association.
Married Mabel Doctorate. Conley, April. Children: Frank Elroy, Pauline Florence.