Hume, Theodore Carswell, 1904-1943

Theodore Carswell Hume (1904-1943) was a Congregational minister in Chicago and California. He died in Europe while serving as emissary of the American churches under the auspices of the American Church Committee on Relief and Reconstruction and the World Council of Churches.

From the description of Theodore Carswell Hume papers, 1929-1969 (inclusive), 1939-1944 (bulk). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702153271

• 1904: Born in India; childhood spent in China. His father, Edward H. Hume was a medical doctor in China and later president of Yale-in-China.
• 1918 - 1921 : Attended the Hill School
• 1925: B.A., Yale
• 1925 - 1926 : French government scholarship at the University of Paris
• 1926 - 1927 : Rhodes Scholarship: New College, Oxford, England
• 1928: Began formal theological education at Mansfield College, Oxford
• 1930: B.D., Union Theological Seminary, New York
• 1930: Ordained as Congregational minister
• 1931: Minister: Summerdale Congregational Church, Chicago
• 1932 - 1939 : Minister: New England Church, Chicago Chairman of the World Friendship Commission of the Chicago Church Federation and president of the Chicago Peace Council
• 1937: Secretary of the subcommittee on the Church and the War at the Oxford World Church Conference.
• 1940 - 1943 : Served parish in Claremont, CA; he was married with five children. Vice President of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
• 1943 Sep: Went to Europe as emissary of the American churches, under the auspices of the American Church Committee on Relief and Reconstruction and the World Council of Churches.
• 1943 Oct: Died when Swedish neutral plane carrying him from London to Stockholm was shot down.

From the guide to the Theodore Carswell Hume Papers, 1929-1969, (Yale University Divinity School Library)