Background
Lingle, Walter Lee was born on October 3, 1868 in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Wilson Alexander and Martha Jane (Lynch) Lingle.
Lingle, Walter Lee was born on October 3, 1868 in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Wilson Alexander and Martha Jane (Lynch) Lingle.
Bachelor of Arts, and Master of Arts Davidson College, North Carolina, 1892, Doctor of Divinity, 1906. Doctor of Laws, Southwestern Presbyterian University, 1920, Duke, 1932, U. North Carolina, 1933. Graduate Union Theological Seminary, Virginia, 1896.
Post-graduate University of Chicago, 1896.
Ordained to Presbyterian ministry, 1897. Instructor Union Theological Seminary, 1896-1898, pastor Dalton, Georgia, 1898-1902, Rock Hill, South Carolina., 1902-1907, 1st Church, Atlanta, 1907-1911. McCormick professor Hebrew language and South.S. work, 1911-1914, professor church history and missions, 1914-1924, Union Theological Seminary.
President.
Member International South.S. Lesson Committee, 1914-1923. Elected moderator General Assembly Presbyterian Church in the United States, 1920. Member Beta Theta Pi, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Alice Merle Dupuy, January 2, 1900. Children: Louise Denton, Nan Russell, Walter Lee, Caroline Dudley (Mistress Frederick Lester).