Horton, Douglas, 1891-1968

Douglas Horton ( 1891-1968 ) was born in Brooklyn, New York . He received a BA from Princeton University in 1912 and a BD from Hartford Theological Seminary in 1915 . In 1915, he also was ordained to the Congregationalist ministry. He served congregations in Middletown, Connecticut ; Brookline, Massachusetts ; and Chicago, Illinois . While pastor of the United Church of Hyde Park in Chicago, he began teaching at Chicago Theological Seminary in 1933 . He was selected as general secretary of the General Council of the Congregational and Christian Churches in 1938 ; and was instrumental in the eventual merger of the Congregational Church with the Evangelical and Reformed Church to form the United Church of Christ in 1957 . In 1955, he was appointed dean of Harvard Divinity School and served until 1959 . He also translated Karl Barth 's The Word of God and the Word of Man ( 1928 ); edited The Basic Formula for Church Union ( 1938 ); and authored The Art of Living Today ( 1935 ), The Meaning of Worship ( 1959 ) and Toward an Undivided Church ( 1967 ).

Douglas Horton (1891-1968) was John Lord O'Brien Professor of Divinity and also Dean of the Harvard Divinity School from 1955-1959.