William Nathaniel Schwarze

Background

Schwarze, William Nathaniel was born on January 2, 1875 in Chaska, Minnesota, United States. Son of Ernst N. and Wilhelmine (Moench) Schwarze.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1894, Master of Arts, 1904, Doctor of Philosophy, 1910. Bachelor of Divinity, Moravian Theological Seminary, 1896, Doctor of Divinity, 1928.

Career

Ordained to the ministry of the Moravian Church, 1896. Pastor Bruederfeld and Bruederheim, Alberta, Canada, 1896-1900. Director Buxton Grove Theological Seminary for native ministers, Saint John's, Antigua, British West Indies California California, 1900-1903.

Professor of philosophy and church history, Moravian College, since 1903.

President Moravian College and Theological Seminary, 1928-1943. President emeritus since 1943.

Archivist Moravian Church, Northern Province of North America, since 1905. President board trustees Bethlehem Public Library.

Member School Board, Bethlehem, 1911-1921.

Trustee Linden Hall Seminary, Lititz, Pennsylvania, Saint Luke’s Hospital, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Achievements

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

Membership

Member American Church History Society (ex-president), Moravian History Society (president), American Philosophical Society, Newcomen Society, Phi Beta Kappa (honorary). Club: Rotary (honorary).

Connections

Married Ethel Greider, July 19, 1905. Children: Margaret, Leonore (Mistress A. West. Hesse, Junior.

Father:

Ernst North. Schwarze

Mother:

Wilhelmine (Moench) Schwarze

Spouse:

Ethel Greider

child:

Leonore (Mistress A. West. Hesse Schwarze

child:

Junior Schwarze

child:

Margaret Schwarze