Background
Hefelbower, Samuel Gring was born on November 11, 1871 in Newville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel and Anna Elizabeth (Gring) Hefelbower.
Hefelbower, Samuel Gring was born on November 11, 1871 in Newville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel and Anna Elizabeth (Gring) Hefelbower.
Bachelor of Arts, Gettysburg College, 1891, Master of Arts, 1894, Doctor of Laws, 1925. Graduate Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, 1894. Studied university of Leipzig, 1895-1896, 1901-1902, Halle, 1902, Princeton, 1910-1911, Harvard, 1911-1914.
Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy Harvard, 1914.
Doctor of Divinity, Dickinson, 1905.
1897 (died 1899);Elizabeth. Married second, Anna East. Hitchins, 1902 (died 1922). Married 3d, Lillian Gantt, 1926.
Ordained Lutheran ministry, 1894.
Pastor Manheim, Pennsylvania, 1896-1899, Frostburg, Maryland., 1899-1901. Professor German, 1902-1904, president, 1904-1910, Gettysburg College.
Professor philosophy, Washburn College, Topeka Kansas, 1914-1920. Professor philosophy, Carthage (Illinois) College, 1920-1936, Wagner College, Staten Island, New York, 1936-1947, professor emeritus, since 1947.
Member American Philosophical Association Beta Kappa.
Married Edna M. Loomis. Married second, Anna East. Hitchins, 1902 (died 1922).