| 1892 | A.B., Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia |
| 1894 | M.A., Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia | 1896 | Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA | 1904-1914 | Manager, Lutheran Board of Publication | 1911-1932 | President of Board of Trustees, Lowman Home for the Aged and Helpless, White Rock, South Carolina | 1912-1913 | President, Evangelical Lutheran Synod of South Carolina | 1914-1928 | Editor, American Lutheran Survey | 1918 | General Director, National Lutheran Commission | 1922-1932 | Professor and Executive Secretary, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina | 1932-1946 | Secretary, United Lutheran Church in America |