Background
Liggett, Thomas Jackson was born on May 27, 1919 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Thomas Jackson and Lola Cleveland (Ballentine) Liggett.
Liggett, Thomas Jackson was born on May 27, 1919 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Thomas Jackson and Lola Cleveland (Ballentine) Liggett.
AB, Transylvania University, 1940. Master of Divinity, Lexington Theological Seminary, 1944. Postgraduate, Lexington Theological Seminary, 1952.
Doctor of Laws, Interam. University, 1965; Doctor of Laws, Culver-Stockton College, 1959. Doctor of Laws, Butler University, 1975.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Transylvania University, 1969. Doctor of Divinity, Eureka College, 1971. Doctor of Divinity, Phillips University, 1989.
Doctor of Divinity, Christian Theological Seminary, 2002.
Ordained to ministry, Christian Church, 1940;
pastor in, Danville, Kentucky, 1943-1945;
missionary, Argentina, 1946-1957;
professor, Union Theological Seminary, Buenos Aires, 1948-1957;
president, Evangelical Seminary of P.R., 1957-1965;
executive secretary for Latin American, Christian Church, 1965-1967;
chairman division world mission, Christian Church, 1967-1968;
president, United Christian Missionary Society, 1968-1974;
president, Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, 1974-1986;
retired, Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, 1986. Delegate World Council Churches assembly in Uppsala, 1968, adviser assembly, Nairobi, Kenya, 1975. Member governing board National Council Churches, 1969-1975, 85-87.
Moderator Disciples of Christ, 1985-1987.
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Co-chairman McGovern Task Force on Foreign Policy in Latin American, 1972, Democratic precinct committeeman, 1970-1972. Member Disciples of Christ History Society (life), Theta Phi.
Married Virginia Corrine Moore, August 12, 1941. Children: Thomas Milton, Margaret Moore Liggett.