Background
Pickett, Warren Wheeler was born on July 24, 1895 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. Son of Frederick Buell and Jennie Elizabeth (Wheeler) Pickett.
Pickett, Warren Wheeler was born on July 24, 1895 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. Son of Frederick Buell and Jennie Elizabeth (Wheeler) Pickett.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1917, Bachelor of Divinity, 1920. Doctor of Divinity, Olivet (Michigan) College, 1935. Doctor of Letters, Marietta College, 1940.
Ordained Congleton ministry, 1920. Pastor 1st Church, Bethel, Connecticut, 1920-1921, 1st Church, Fort Dodge, Iowa, 1921-1926, Church-in-the-Gardens, Forest Hills, New York City, 1926-1932, 1st Church Detroit, 1932-1944. Plymouth Congressional Church, New Haven, Connecticut, 1944-1949.
Served with Battery East, 341st Field Artillery, World War. President board of directors New York Congressional Conference, 1929-1931. Member Executive Committee, 1937-1944.
Member ad interim committee Missions’ Council of Congressional Christian Churches, 1939-1944, chairman, 1940-1944.
Member Alpha Chi Rho, Delta Sigma Rho.
Married Christine Hubbard, August 2, 1921. Children: Christine Winifred (Mistress Gordon L. Corbett), Barbara Elizabeth (Mistress Charles C. Stewart), Warren Wheeler, Patricia Louise.