William Monroe Balch

Background

Balch, William Monroe was born on November 25, 1871 in Monroe, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Review Manning Brown and Harriet Lucy (Monroe) Balch.

Education

Bachelor of Laws, University of Wisconsin, 1891, Master of Laws, 1894. Studied law, same university, 1891-1892. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Wooster, 1900.

Career

Ordained ministry of Methodist Episcopal Church, 1892. Pastor successively Mineral Point, Wisconsin, Saint Louis, Missouri, Lincoln, Nebraska, Dover, New Hampshire (U.S.), Topeka, Kansas, et cetera, until 1919. General secretary Methodist Federation for Social Service, 1909-1912.

Professor sociology, Baker University, 1919-1932, professor of history since 1932.

Director summer sessions, same university, 1923-1926. Delaware General Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church, 1904, 08.

Member Seminar on Mexican Relations, City of Mexico, 1927. Vice-chairman Kansas State Common for Crippled Children since 1931.

Achievements

• William Monroe Balch has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman, educator. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Kansas State Committee on United States Defense Bonds. Member American Sociological Society, American History Association Delta Phi, Sigma Phi Epsilon.

Connections

Married Beulah Genevieve Richards, June 27, 1893. Children: Mary Monroe, Robert Manning, Mistress Elizabeth East, Mistress Esther Sarah McIntyre.

Father:

Review Manning Brown Balch

Mother:

Harriet Lucy (Monroe) Balch

Spouse:

Beulah Genevieve Richards

child:

Robert Manning Balch

child:

Mistress Elizabeth East Balch

child:

Mary Monroe Balch

child:

Mistress Esther Sarah McIntyre Balch