Background
Meroney, William Penn was born on January 7, 1881 in at Plano, Texas, United States. Son of of William Lowndes and Lucete (Howard) M.
Meroney, William Penn was born on January 7, 1881 in at Plano, Texas, United States. Son of of William Lowndes and Lucete (Howard) M.
Student Agricultural and Mechanics College of Texas, 1896-1897, 1897-1898. Graduate Howard Payne College, Brownwood, Texas, 1903.
Bachelor of Arts, Baylor, 1907.
Th.B., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, 1912. Master of Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1917, Doctor of Theology, 1919.
Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1922.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1903. Missionary, Mills Company, Texas, 1903-1904. Pastor Manor, Texas, 1904-1905.
Student pastor country churches, 1905-1907.
Pastor Walters, Oklahoma, 1907-1908, Groesbeck, 1908-1909, Hamlin, 1910-1911, Bellevue, 1911-1913, Turner Saint Church, Waco, 1914-1916, Horse Cave, Kentucky, 1916-1920, Marion, 1920, 21. Teacher, Bethel College, Russellville, Kentucky, 1918-1919.
Professor sociology, Baylor University, since 1922, also head department of sociology. Formerly chairman Texas Commision on Inter-racial Coöperation, Waco-McLennan County Chapter American Red Cross.
President, now scout commissioner Heart of Texas Council of Boy Scouts of America.
Mason.
Married Ada Kathreen Reid, February 10, 1904. Children: Howard Maxwell, Charles Arthur, William Albert.