Background
Kirk, Walter William Van was born on November 11, 1891 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Son of Henry Elson and Kittie (Cochran) Van Kirk.
Kirk, Walter William Van was born on November 11, 1891 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Son of Henry Elson and Kittie (Cochran) Van Kirk.
Graduate Doane Academy, Granville, O., 1913. Bachelor of Arts, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1917, Doctor of Divinity, 1934. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Boston University School of Theology, 1920.
Doctor of Laws, Dennison University, 1946.
Honorary Doctor of Humanities, Catawba College, 1948.
1 daughter, Marcia. Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, 1919. Pastor Parkman Saint Church, Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1919, Needham Heights, 1920-1922, Lynn, 1922-1925. Secretary Department of International Justice and Goodwill, Federal Council Churches of Christ in America, 1925-1950.
Executive director department international affairs, National Council Churches of Christ in United States of America since 1950.
Earl lecturer Pacific School of Religion, 1951.
Member North Eastern Annual Conference, Methodist Church Director National Peace Conference, 1930-1935. Member American Seminar, Pan American Conference, Lima, Peru, 1938. Member Conference on Peace Aims, Oxford, England, 1942, Christian deputation to Japan, 1945.
Member American Academy Political and Social Science, Council on Foreign Relations, Pi Delta Epsilon, Delta Sigma Rho, Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Married Gladdys Evelyn Stuber, May 13, 1918.