Background
Kidd, Samuel Elberts was born on February 20, 1914 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harvey Samuel and Anna Florence (Kramer) Kidd.
Kidd, Samuel Elberts was born on February 20, 1914 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harvey Samuel and Anna Florence (Kramer) Kidd.
Bachelor of Arts, Muhlenberg College, 1935, Doctor of Divinity, 1959. Graduate Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1938.
Assistant pastor Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1938-1940. Pastor Easton, Pennsylvania, 1941-1943, Norristown, Pennsylvania, 1943-1953. Stewardship secretary Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium Pennsylvania, adjacent states, 1953-1961, president, 1961-1962.
President Eastern Pennsylvania Synod Lutheran Church American, 1963-1968.
Executive director Michigan Council Churches, 1969-1972.
Member Executive council Lutheran Church American.
Married Elizabeth Gehman, July 1, 1939. Children: Suzanne East. (Mistress Fred C. Damarin, Junior.