Background
Summers, Thomas Abram was born on October 29, 1934 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States. Son of Carroll Erwin and Anabel (Hill) Summers.
clergyman Clinical pastoral educator
Summers, Thomas Abram was born on October 29, 1934 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States. Son of Carroll Erwin and Anabel (Hill) Summers.
Bachelor, Wofford College, 1956. Master of Divinity, Emory University, 1959. Doctor of Ministry, Lutheran Southern Seminary, 1978.
Senior clinical chaplain Center State Hospital, Milledgeville, Georgia, 1962-1965. Supervisor clinical pastoral education South Carolina State Hospital, Columbia, 1965-1966. Chief chaplain Hall Psychiatric Institute, 1966-1983.
Director Academy Pastoral Education, since 1983. Board directors Pastoral Care Network Social Responsibility. Adjunct professor Theology School, Drew University, 1981-1989.
Board directors Wesley Foundation University South Carolina, 1968-1972, State Employees Association, Columbia, 1968. Vice president Parent-Teachers Association, Columbia, 1976. Member allocations panel United Way, Columbia, 1990.
Second lieutenant United States Army, 1959-1960. Member Association Clinical Pastoral Education (certified supervisor, regional chair 1979), American Psychiatric Association (committee chronically mentally ill since 1988), Association Mental Health Clergy (certified chaplain, president 1985-1986), American Association Pastoral Counselors.
Married Marilyn Boyd, August 31, 1962. Children: Boyd Erwin, Mason Abram.