Background
Chilcote, Thomas Franklin was born on May 25, 1918 in Dayton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas Franklin and Emma Jane (Peters) Chilcote.
Chilcote, Thomas Franklin was born on May 25, 1918 in Dayton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas Franklin and Emma Jane (Peters) Chilcote.
Student, Taylor University, 1936—1938. Bachelor, University Pittsburgh, 1940. Postgraduate, Western Theological Seminary, 1940—1941.
Master of Divinity, Boston University, 1943. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), University Chattanooga, 1955. Postgraduate, Harvard Institute Educational Management, 1973.
Pastor McCandless Ave Methodist Church, 1939—1941, Walnut Avenue Methodist Church, Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1942—1943, Cresson Methodist Church, Pennsylvania, 1943. News editor Christian Advisory, Chicago, 1943—1945. Managing editor New Life Magazine, Nashville, 1945—1948.
Pastor First Methodist Church, Chattanooga, 1948—1955, Maryville, 1958—1962. Superintendent Abingdon District Methodist Church, Virginia, 1955—1958. Senior minister Fountain City United Methodist Church, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1962—1968, First United Methodist Church, Oak Ridge, 1968—1970, First Broad St. United Methodist Church, Kingsport, Tennessee, 1970—1973.
President Emory and Henry College, Virginia, 1973—1984. Delegate World Methodist Conference, Oxford, Oslo, 1951—1961, Pacific Rim Higher Education Seminar Far East, 1980. Member Theological Study Commission Doctrine & Doctrinal Standards, United Methodist Church, 1968—1972, member uniting conference, 1970.
Member of Alpha Pi Omega.
Married Margaret Virginia Mossor Chilcote, September 18, 1943. Children: Wayne Leslie, Deborah Jean.