Howard Schomer
Theologian, activist
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| Intro | Theologian, activist | ||||||
| was | Theologian Activist | ||||||
| Work field | Activism Religion | ||||||
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| Birth | 9 June 1915 | ||||||
| Death | 28 June 2001 (aged 86 years) | ||||||
| Star sign | Gemini | ||||||
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Howard Schomer (June 9, 1915 – June 28, 2001) was a United Nations Commission on Human Rights aide, Civil Rights activist, scholar, drafter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and editor-at-large for Christian Century. He received a B.S. from Harvard College in 1937; a D.D. from the Chicago Theological Seminary in 1954, and was ordained as a minister in the United Church of Christ in 1941. He was assigned to Civilian Public Service for refusing his ministerial exemption from the draft in World War II as a conscientious objector. Schomer was a close associate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and remained a Civil Rights activist for his entire life.
He served as the Chicago Theological Seminary president from (1959–1966).