Background
Thompson, Tyler was born on October 18, 1915 in Corona, California, United States. Son of Francis Forbes and Sadie Cassandra (Tyler) Thompson.
(The California-born writer was a teacher and pastor in Si...)
The California-born writer was a teacher and pastor in Singapore before being taken as a civilian prisoner of war. From the back cover: "... an unusually vivid, subtly humorous and even philosophical expose of an expatriate ex-internee of the Japanese Occupation in Singapore from 1942 to 1945."
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Thompson, Tyler was born on October 18, 1915 in Corona, California, United States. Son of Francis Forbes and Sadie Cassandra (Tyler) Thompson.
Bachelor of Science, California Institute of Technology, 1936. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Boston University, 1939. Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1950.
Executive secretary, California Institute Technology Young Men’s Christian Association, 1935-1936;
assistant pastor, Epworth Methodist Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1936-1937;
pastor, Barre (Massachusetts) Methodist Church, 1937-1939;
Methodist missionary, Singapore, 1939-1946;
pastor, Weston (Massachusetts) Methodist Church, 1946-1949;
assistant professor religion and philosophy, Allegheny College, 1949-1951;
chaplain, Allegheny College, 1950-1951;
associate professor philosophy of religion, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, 1951-1956;
professor, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, 1956-1978;
director summer sessions, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, 1959-1972. Visiting professor philosophy Northwestern University, 1952-1958. Visiting professor philosophyof religion McCormick Theological Seminary, 1963-1965.
Adjunct Professor Fuller Theol.Sem., 1981-1984.
(The California-born writer was a teacher and pastor in Si...)
President Evanston (Illinois) Human Relations Council, 1952-1954, Evanston Democratic Club, 1956-1958. Democratic nominee for Congress 13th District in Illinois, 1960. Member Cook County (Illinois) Central Committee Democratic Party, 1966-1968.
President Democratic Party Evanston, 1970-1972. Board of directors Illinois division American Civil Liberties Union, 1953-1968, president, 1959-1964. Member American Theological Society (president midwest 1965-1966), American Philosophical Association, American Association of University Professors, American Academy Religion, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Phyllis Elizabeth Oechsli, June 19, 1937 (deceased July, 1991). Children: Francia, Wendy, Heidi, Becky, Peter. Married Patricia Ann Smith, August 1, 1992.