Landers, Philip C.

• 1897 January 28: Philip Corliss Landers born in Middletown, MA, second son of the Reverend and Mrs. Warren Prince Landers
• 1915 - 1918 : Following graduation from high school in Brockton, MA worked for shoe company and for Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society
• 1918 - 1919 : Served in U.S. Army
• 1919 - 1922 : Worked for Prudential Life Insurance Company in Brockton
• 1922 - 1927 : Attended Boston University School of Religious Education for undergraduate and graduate degrees; served as Director of Religious Education in area church
• 1927: Married Ethna V. Jones, who also graduated from the Boston University School of Religious Education and remained active as a Director of Christian Education in various churches throughout her husband's career.
• 1927 - 1930 : Served as Director of Christian Education at Trinity Methodist Church in Springfield, MA
• 1930 - 1936 : On staff of Hennepin Avenue Methodist Church, Minneapolis, MN. Began the University of Life program.
• 1936 - 1941 : PCL began work for Minnesota Council of Religious Education (later Council of Churches). Set up interdenominational Leadership Training Schools across the state and interdenominational Universities of Life. Started the Faribault Summer School of Christian Education.
• 1941 - 1950 : Director of The Laymen's Crusade for Christian Education and Director of Public Relations for the International Council of Religious Education in Chicago. Became Associate General Secretary in 1946.
• 1950 - 1962 : ICRE merged with seven other national interdenominational organizations to form the National Council of Churches in 1950. PCL one of three Administrative Secretaries of the NCC, based at Interchurch Center in New York, overseeing Treasury Office, Publications Office, Personnel Office, Business Office, and Fund Raising.
• 1952: Received honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
• 1952: Coordinated the nationwide introduction of the new Revised Standard Version of the Bible
• 1962: Retired to Minnesota, with winter home in Brownsville,TX; provided volunteer service to Walker Community Church and Union Congregational Church in Hackensack, MN.

From the guide to the Philip C. Landers Papers, 1913-1972, (Yale University Divinity School Library)