Hobart College - Echo of the Seneca Yearbook (Geneva, NY)

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THE REV. LOUIS M. HIRSHSON Louis Melbourne Hirshson received his B.S. degree in 1922 from Harvard University, and was ordained as a clergyman in 1925. He was Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford, Connecti- cut, from 1946 to 1956. In 1956, he received his S.T.D. from Berkeley Divinity School, New Hav- en, Connecticut. In addition to these activities, Dr. Hirshson held other varied positions before coming to Hobart. He was a salesman for Procter Gamble in Ohio, coached a professional football team for three years, and has been associated with the founding or trusteeship of sev- eral schools, including two graduate schools of theology. During World War II, Dr. Hirshson was chairman of the Pittsburgh Area War Labor Board Committee, and has, since 1950, been trustee of the Inter-Professional Commission on Marriage and Divorce Laws of the American Bar Associa- tion.