Background
Kring, Walter Donald was born on March 10, 1916 in Lakewood, Ohio, United States. Son of Walter DeVaine and Rebecca Olive (Shumaker) Kring.
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Boston 1974-1st Beacon. Unitarian Beginnings in NY City 1819-1839. 8vo., 278pp., illus. Signed by Kring. VG in Good DJ, some wear.
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Kring, Walter Donald was born on March 10, 1916 in Lakewood, Ohio, United States. Son of Walter DeVaine and Rebecca Olive (Shumaker) Kring.
Exchange student, University Hawaii, 1935-1936; Bachelor of Arts, Occidental College, 1937; Doctor of Humane Letters, Occidental College, 1965; Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Harvard, 1940; Doctor of Laws, Emerson College, 1961; Doctor of Divinity, St. Lawrence University, 1968.
Assistant, Harvard Memorial Church, 1939-1941; assistant minister, First Church, Boston, 1939-1941; assistant department history, Harvard, 1939-1941; minister, First Presbyterian Church, Hoosick Falls, New York, 1941-1943; minister, First Unitarian Church, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1946-1955; minister, Unitarian Church of All Souls, New York City, 1955-1978; emeritus, Unitarian Church of All Souls, since 1978; minister, The Eliot Church of South Natick, Massachusetts, 1982-1997; minister emeritus, The Eliot Church of South Natick, Massachusetts, since 1997. President Beacon Press, Inc., 1955-1959.
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Director Worcester Craft Center. Director, president Spence Chapin Adoption Agency, 1970-1971. President Artist-Craftsmen, New York, 1960-1963, 70-72.
Visiting committee Harvard Division School, 1963-1969. Corporator Emerson College, 1960-1982, Worcester Art Museum, 1950-1955. Served with Chaplains Corps United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946.
Honorary life member American Museum Natural History. Member Worcester Ministers Association (president 1954-1955), East Midtown Ministers Association (president 1959-1962, 68-69), American Unitarian Association (secretary 1953-1961), Harvard Divinity School Alumni Association (past president. Member council), Melville Society of America (president 1979), Unitarian-Universalist History Society (president 1982-1986) Clubs: Worcester Economic (president 1954-1955).