Background
Covert, William Chalmers was born on October 4, 1864 in Franklin, Indiana, United States. Son of Albert Newton and Susan Elizabeth (Magill) Covert.
Covert, William Chalmers was born on October 4, 1864 in Franklin, Indiana, United States. Son of Albert Newton and Susan Elizabeth (Magill) Covert.
Bachelor of Arts, Hanover (Indiana) College, 1885, Master of Arts, 1888. Graduate Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Chicago, 1888. Doctor of Divinity, Hanover, 1905, Doctor of Literature, 1933.
Doctor of Laws, Blackburn College, Carlinville, Illinois, 1917.
South.T.D., Waynesburg College, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, 1924.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, Saint Paul, Minnesota, September 1888. Pastor, Saint Paul Park, 1888-1892, Merriam Park Church, Saint Paul, 1892-1900, First Church, Saginaw, Michigan, 1900-1905, 41st Saint Church, Chicago, 1905-1912, First Presbyterian Church, Chicago, 1913-1924. General secretary Board of Christian Education of Presbyterian Church, 1924-1934.
Visiting professor homiletics, Western Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, 1939-1940.
Member Federal Council Churches of Christ in America. Member Executive Committee Council of Church Bds. of Edition and of Executive Committee World Alliance of International Friendship Through the Churches.
Member Federal Council Churches Member executive
Married Alice Brown Hudson, May 14, 1890. Children: Hudson, Katharine (Mistress L. H. Nichols), Seward.