Background
Burns, Vincent Godfrey was born on October 17, 1893 in Brooklyn. Son of James H. and Katherine (Rossberg) Burns.
Burns, Vincent Godfrey was born on October 17, 1893 in Brooklyn. Son of James H. and Katherine (Rossberg) Burns.
Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State College, 1916 (John West. White prize fellowship). Master of Arts, Harvard, 1917; Bachelor of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, 1922. Postgraduate Columbia, 1922-1924.
Married second, Katherine Howard, August 21, 1945. 2 sons, Vincent Howard, Victor David. Ordained to ministry Congressional Church, 1920.
Successively pastor of City Park Chapel (Presbyterian) Brooklyn South Congressional Church, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Central Christian Church, New York City, until 1929, pastor Union Church (Community), Palisade, New Jersey, 1929-1936.
Leader Log Cabin Shrine, 1936-1979. Pastor Community Church, Washington, 1953-1979.
Special lecturer U. Kansas, 1952-1953, University of Wisconsin, 1953-1954. Radio artist (as Bobby Burns, poet of the air), recitalist (chiefly poetry) and lecturer Founder Young American Patriots, 1970.
Served to Lieutenant United States Army, 1918. Member International Platform Association (poet laureate), Composers. Mason, Odd; Club: Rockland County Golf (Nyack, New New York
Married Edna Rodenberger, June 15, 1924. Married second, Katherine Howard, August 21, 1945.