Macintosh, Douglas Clyde, 1877-1948

Douglas Clyde Macintosh was Professor of Theology at the Yale Divinity School from 1909 to 1942, and Emeritus Professor until his death in 1948. A native of Canada, Macintosh was denied U.S. citizenship by a Supreme Court decision in 1931 because of his refusal to make a blanket agreement to bear arms in defense of the U.S.

From the description of Douglas Clyde Macintosh papers, 1907-1980 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702152680

• 1877: Born in Canada
• 1903: B.A., McMaster University, Toronto
• 1907: Ordained into Baptist ministry Professor of Bible and Systematic Theology at Brandon College, Manitoba
• 1909: Ph.D., University of Chicago
• 1909 - 1916 : Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology, YDS
• WWI: Chaplain to Canadian forces in France; YMCA worker with American troops
• 1916 - 1933 : Dwight Professor of Theology, YDS
• 1920 - 1938 : Chairman of the Religion Department, Yale
• 1924 - 1925 : Nathaniel W. Taylor Lecturer
• 1926: D.D., Colgate University
• 1931: Denied U.S. citizenship by Supreme Court, for refusal in advance to bear arms in defense of U.S.
• 1932: LL.D., McMaster University
• 1933 - 1942 : Dwight Professor of Theology and Philosophy of Religion
• 1942: Suffered paralytic stroke
• 1942 - 1948 : Professor Emeritus
• 1948: Died in Hamden, Connecticut

From the guide to the Douglas Clyde Macintosh Papers, 1906-1978, (Yale University Divinity School Library)