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Rev. Dr. Edgar H. S. Chandler (Aug. 17, 1904-May 7, 1988) was a Congregational minister (later United Church of Christ), U.S. Navy chaplain during World War II, leader of church organizations including the refugee resettlement division of the World Council of Churches in Geneva, Switzerland and the Church Federation of Greater Chicago, and active leader in civil rights who worked with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders. ==Early years== Edgar Chandler was born in Providence, Rhode Island, but grew up in Nahant, Massachusetts. His father, Henry J. Chandler, was an engineer at General Electric in Lynn, Massachusetts and later became a Congregational minister. He graduated from Boston University, where he met his wife, Ruth Doggett. They were married in 1928. After earning his theology degree from Andover-Newton Theological Seminary, he became the minister of Central Congregational Church in the Jamaica Plain section of Boston. At the onset of World War II, he enlisted in the Navy, where he became a chaplain and rose to the rank of Commander. He became the head chaplain of the Seventh Fleet in the European theater and was stationed in England for most of the war years. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edgar Chandler (minister)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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