Rose, William Wallace, 1889-1969

William Wallace Rose ( 1889-1969 ) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . He received his STD from Tufts College in 1912, attended Harvard Divinity School in 1913 and Yale University in 1916, and received his DD from St. Lawrence University in 1928 . Rose also received an honorary DD from the Crane Theological School of Tufts University in 1952 . He was ordained to the Unitarian ministry in 1912, at South Weymouth, Massachusetts, and also served parishes in Bridgeport, Connecticut ; Rochester, New York ; and Lynn, Massachusetts . In 1958, he was named minister emeritus of the First Universalist Church of Lynn, Massachusetts . He was also a music composer and even had one of his compositions, "Chapel Bells," performed by the Boston Pops Orchestra in 1937 . Rose is the author of When Death Takes Someone You Love ( 1928 ) and Thoughts for Today: Every-Day Resources for Living ( 1945 ), a collection of his syndicated newspaper columns on religious matters for The Item .

From the guide to the Rose, William Wallace, 1889-1969. Papers, 1889-1969., (Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School)

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