PREFACE
 

This new edition of the Alumni Directory (formerly called "Catalogue")
supersedes earlier listings of the officers, faculty members and alumni of
Union Seminary.

Established in 1836, the Seminary issued Annual Catalogues for the
years 1841-42 to 1848-49 which contained a list of all students previously
graduated. As the number of names increased, a series of Catalogues
appeared in 1850, 1853, 1856, 1859 and 1865 in which the names of
Seminary officers and faculty members were included. Brief biographical
sketches of each alumnus were first given in the Catalogue of 1865 which
was followed by a General Catalogue in 1876. This plan was followed in
subsequent editions of the Catalogue which appeared approximately each
decade thereafter. The present edition, the first since 1947, includes grad¬
uates of the Class of 1958.

This Directory contains a record of all former students of the Seminary
who completed at least one full year of study or the equivalent, whether or
not they received a degree. Each class, including former students of the
School of Sacred Music, is divided into two groups: (1) Those who re¬
ceived degrees and (2) those who qualify as alumni through a year of
study at the Seminary or who received graduate degrees in cooperation
with Columbia University and Teachers College.

Alumni who died prior to 1947 and whose biographical sketches may
be found in earlier editions of the Directory are listed only by name with
the date of death. Complete biographical sketches are included for alumni
who are known to have died since 1947. All others, known or assumed
to be living, are included with records giving the name in full; college
graduation with date and name of college; later graduate study and semi¬
nary training with dates of residence and degrees; date of ordination with
name of denomination and of the ordaining body; pastoral charges and
other positions held after graduation with dates; and honorary degrees
with the name of the institution which conferred them and the dates.
Limitations of space have made it impossible to include special honors,
books written and other biographical data which may often be found in
the various types of "Who's Who" publications. In a few cases names of
alumni are omitted at their own request. The numbers in each class are
totalled at the end of the class roster.

A single date after the name of a college indicates the year of gradua¬
tion. The degree of A.B. is usually to be understood unless another degree
is mentioned or except in special cases, such as alumni of the School of
Sacred Music, where there is reason for listing the A.B. degree. Entries
following college graduation give the period of study in residence in semi-