William Blakeman Lampe

Background

Lampe, William Blakeman was born on August 19, 1885 in Galesburg, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph Joachim and Emma Almira (Willard) Lampe.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Knox College, 1907, Doctor of Divinity, 1946. Graduate Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Omaha, Nebraska, 1910. Doctor of Divinity, Park College, Parkville, Missouri, 1918, Coe College, 1952.

Doctor of Laws, Lafayette College, 1945.

Career

Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1910. Pastor First Church, Shelby, Iowa, 1910-1913, First Church, Winfield, Kansas, 1913-1918, Third Church, Chicago, 1918-1920, West Church, Saint Louis, 1920-1956, honorably retired by Saint Louis Presbytery, 1956. President Metropolitan Church Federation of Saint Louis, 1929.

Director Saint Luke’s Hospital, Saint Louis, 1949-1956.

Trustee Westminster College (Fulton, Missouri) Knox College, 1935-1938, Bible College of Missouri (Columbia). President Westminster Foundation of Missouri

Member permanent judicial commission of General Assembly Presbyterian Church in United States of America, 1929-1937.

Achievements

• William Blakeman Lampe has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member General Council of Presbyterian Church in United States of America, 1942-1948. Member special commission on Structure, Organisation and Functioning of Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. Member South.R.

Connections

Married Minnie Estelle Avery, June 16, 1910. Children: John Avery Willard Vincent, Barbara Blakeman (Mistress Dudley Wolfe).

Father:

Joseph Joachim Lampe

Mother:

Emma Almira (Willard) Lampe

Spouse:

Minnie Estelle Avery

child:

John Avery Willard Vincent Lampe

child:

Barbara Blakeman Lampe (Mistress Dudley Wolfe)