Howard Schomer, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Howard Schomer

Theologian, activist

Date of Birth: 09-Jun-1915

Date of Death: 28-Jun-2001

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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).