Background
Ogletree, Thomas Warren was born on June 17, 1933 in Arab, Alabama, United States. Son of John Warren and Carrie Elizabeth (Brown) Ogletree.
Ogletree, Thomas Warren was born on June 17, 1933 in Arab, Alabama, United States. Son of John Warren and Carrie Elizabeth (Brown) Ogletree.
Bachelor's Degree, Garrett Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 1963. Postdoctoral degree, Free University, West Berlin, Germany, 1969.
Postdoctoral degree, Sorbonne University, Paris, 1974. Postdoctoral degree, Cambridge University, England, 1987. Bachelor, Birmingham Southern College, Alabama, 1955.
Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Birmingham Southern College, Alabama, 1991. Master of Arts (honorary), Yale University, New Haven, 1990. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Livingston College, 1995.
Assistant professor, philosophy & religion Birmingham Southern College, 1963—1965. Assistant to associate professor theology Chicago Theological Seminary, 1965—1970. Associate to professor theological ethics Division School, Vanderbilt University, 1970—1981.
Dean, professor, theological ethics Theological School, Drew University, Madison, 1981—1990, Yale University, Division School, 1990—1996, professor, ethics and religious studies, 1996—2008. Editor soundings Interdisciplinary Journal, Nashville, 1975—1980. Founding editor Annual Society Christian Ethics, 1981.
Associate editor Journals Religious Ethics, 1980—1990, trustee, since 1990, chair trustee, since 2008.
Leader Civil Rights Movement, Nashville, 1961—1962. Faculty, consultant Operation Breadbasket Leadership Jesse Jackson, Chicago, 1966—1968. Ordained minister United Methodist Church.
Founding pastor Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church, Birmingham, 1952—1962. Member of Society Values Higher Education (board director executive committee 1978-1984, chairperson central committee program and planning 1978-1982), Society Christian Ethics (president 1983-1984, vice president 1982-1983, executive committee board director 1982-1984, publications committee, chairperson 1980-1981), Clare Hall Cambridge University (life).
Married Mary-Lynn Rimbey Ogletree. Children: Thomas Rimbey, Kathryn Rimbey. Married Marilyn Brittain Rice (divorced 1971).
Children: David Franklin, Julia Brittain, Lauren Bernick.