Background
Rath, Theodore August was born on July 2, 1904 in Baltimore. Son of Christian Gottlob and Lydia Friedericke (Pfost) Rath.
Rath, Theodore August was born on July 2, 1904 in Baltimore. Son of Christian Gottlob and Lydia Friedericke (Pfost) Rath.
Bachelor's Degree, Union Theological Seminary, 1930. Master of Sacred Theology, Union Theological Seminary, 1945. Doctor of Divinity, Bloomfield College and Seminary, 1960.
Minister, Brooklyn, 1931-1933;
minister, Queens Village, New York, 1933-1937;
minister, Clinton, New Jersey, 1937-1946;
associate executive town and country churches, Presbyterian Church United States of America, Synod, New Jersey, 1946-1951;
minister, West Milford (New Jersey) Presbyterian Church
founder Ringwood Presbyterian Church, W. Milford, Ringwood and Oak Ridge Parish, 1951-1956;
synod executive, Synod, New Jersey, 1956-1960;
president, Bloomfield College, 1960-1969;
president emeritus, Bloomfield College, 1969. Interim pastor Webb Horton Memorial Presbyterian Church, Middletown, New York, 1970-1972, Westminster United Presbyterian Church, Lakeland, 1975-1976. 2d pastor First Presbyterian Church, Port Jervis, New York, 1972-1973.
Chaplain New Jersey Reformatory Women, 1938-1946.
Chairman committee ministry to migrants New Jersey Council Churches, 1948-1951, chairman department research and church development, 1958-1959, president council, 1959-1961, director town and country department, 1945-1947. Member department ministerial relations United Presbyterian Church, 1959-1964. Board home missions Presbyterian Church United States of America, 1959-1961.
Chairman Judicial Commission, Synod of New Jersey. President New Jersey Commission Against Discrimination Housing, 1963-1966. Member Bloomfield Development committee, 1961-1965.
Board directors Blair Academy, Bloomfield College. Pres New Jersey College Fund Association. Member New Jersey advisory committee Salvation Army.
Trustee Alexander Linn Hospital, Sussex, New Jersey. Member New Jersey Association Colleges and Universities (president 1965-1967), Newcomen Society North America.
Married Lottie Grace Mahoney, August 15, 1931. Children: Donald Wilbert, Robert Earl, Janet Mabel Garrison, Lois Evelyn King.