Background
Kosman, William Franklin was born on March 29, 1882 in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas Franklin and Lillian Jane (Mantz) Kosman.
Kosman, William Franklin was born on March 29, 1882 in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas Franklin and Lillian Jane (Mantz) Kosman.
Bachelor of Arts, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1906, Doctor of Divinity, 1929. Bachelor of Divinity, Theological Seminary of Evangelical and Reformed Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1909. Post graduate student Lehigh University, 1935-1936.
Ordained to ministry of Reformed Church, 1909. Pastor, Sellerville, Pennsylvania, 1909-1913, Riegelsville, Pennsylvania, 1913-1917. Altoona, Pennsylvania, 1917-1920, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, 1920-1923.
Pastor Salem Evangelical and Reformed Church, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1923-1946. Professor of systematic theology Seminary of Evangelical and Reformed Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, since 1946. Past president board of visitors, Theological Seminary Evangelical and Reformed Church.
Member commission on higher education. Member (past chairman) Western Section of Alliance of Reformed and Presbyterian Churches. Member department international justice and goodwill).
Delaware to General Synod of Evangelical and Reformed Church. Member Phi Sigma Kappa.
Married Margaret Jacoby, June 24, 1914. Children: Barbara Kehm, Jane Jacoby.