The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Theologian, activist
Gender:
Male
Birth:
9 June 1915
Death:
28 June 2001
Star sign:
Education:
Harvard University
Chicago Theological Seminary
The details
Biography
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).