Thomas, Howard, 1909-1986
Variant namesPresbyterian missionary, educator; born September 11, 1906; attended Stony Brook School (1928-1930) and Wheaton College (1930-1934); married Ruth Hatcher, 1934; received additional degrees from McCormick Theological Seminary and Cornell University; worked in leper colony management and training in southwestern China, 1937-1941, 1946-1947; taught at Cornell University, served as a consultant to his denomination, worked as a communisty development advisor in Laos with the USAID, and taught at Montreat College in Swannanoa, North Carolina; died in 1991.
From the description of Papers of Howard E. Thomas, [1946?], 1985. (Wheaton College). WorldCat record id: 31200233
Archival Resources
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| creatorOf | Thomas, Howard E., 1906-. Papers of Howard E. Thomas, [1946?], 1985. | Billy Graham Archive & Research Center | |
| referencedIn | Thomas, Ruth Hatcher, 1901-. Oral history interview with Ruth Hatcher Thomas, 1985. | Billy Graham Archive & Research Center |
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| associatedWith | American Sunday-School Union. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. | person |
| associatedWith | Gaebelein, Arno Clemens, 1861-1945. | person |
| associatedWith | Gaebelein, Frank E. (Frank Ely), 1899-1983. | person |
| associatedWith | Glover, Robert Hall, 1871-1947. | person |
| associatedWith | Stony Brook High School (Stony Brook, N.Y.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Thomas, Ruth Hatcher, 1901- | person |
| associatedWith | United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Wheaton College (Ill.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Zhongguo guo min dang. | corporateBody |
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| Modernist-fundamentalist controversy |
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Birth 1909
Death 1986-11-06
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