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Oxnam, Garfield Bromley

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Oxnam, Garfield Bromley (1891-1963)

US Protestant religious leader and educator. A theological and political liberal, he headed the World Council of Churches (1948-54) and authored many books, including A Testament of Faith (1958).

Oxnam was born in Sonora, California. He graduated from the University of California in 1913 and studied at Harvard and abroad. Ordained a Methodist Episcopal minister in 1916, he was a pastor, professor of social ethics, and, from 1928-36, president of DePauw University in Indiana. Elected a bishop in 1936, he served in Omaha, Boston, and, from 1952 until his retirement in 1960, Washington, DC.
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