Born: April 11, 1896 (Millville, NJ)
Died: February 16, 1985 (St. Petersburg, FL)
Education:
- 1913 Millville High School, Millville, NJ
- 1917 A.B. Dickinson College
- 1920 B.D. Drew Theological Seminary
- 1933 Honorary Doctorate Syracuse University
- 50 institutions presented him with honorary degrees
Occupation:
- 1920 Ordained
- 1924-1929 served churches in: Jackson Heights, New Haven, Port Washington, and Brooklyn NY
- 1930-1934 District Superintendent, Brooklyn Southern District, New York East Conference
- 1934-1944 President of Dickinson College
- 1944 Consecrated Bishop
Where they lived: Philadelphia, PA
Years Served: 1957-1960
Committees:
- Public Relations 1956-1957
Notes:
- 1932 Delegate to General Conference
- 1940 Delegate to General Conference
- 1944 Delegate to General Conference
- 1948 Chairman of the Secretary of War’s Clergy Commission to Inspect Occupied Countries of Europe
- 1948 Official Methodist representative to the Centennial Celebration of Methodism in China
- 1948 Official Methodist representative to Army and Navy Chaplains in Japan
- 1952 Official Methodist representative to Kirchentag Assembly, Stuttgart, Germany
- 1952-1953 President of the Council of Bishops
- 1948-1960 President of the General Board of Education, Methodist Church
- 1956-1961 Vice President of Methodist World Council
- 1961-1966 President of Methodist World Council
- 1968 Presided over the morning business session (April 25) of the General Conference in Dallas, creating the United Methodist Church
Sources:
- Catalog
- Dickinson College Archives: Fred Pierce Corson (1896-1985)
- Journal of 1968 General Conference in Dallas, TX
- Maser, F.E. (1985) Bishop Fred Pierce Corson: A personal reflection. Journal of the Historical Society of the EPA Conference.
- Obituary, New York Times, February 18, 1985
- Souvenir Program, Kutztown sesqui-centennial celebration, 1965