William Evert Welmers
d. 1988-03-05
Ordination
Seminary Education
| Institution | Degree | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Westminster Theological Seminary | Th.B. | 1939 |
| Westminster Theological Seminary | Cert./Th.M. | 1939 |
Congregations Served
| Congregation | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Knox Orthodox Presbyterian Church Lansdowne, PA | Pastor | 1943–1946 |
Other Positions
| Role | Organization | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Knox OPC, Philadelphia, PA | 1943–1946 | |
| Instructor | University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia | 1943–1946 |
| Lutheran Misn., Liberia, Africa | 1946–1948 | |
| Fellow | Amer. Council of Learned Societies | 1948–1950 |
| Associate Professor Linguistics | Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | 1950–1954 |
| Language Consultant | Lutheran Misn., Liberia, Africa | 1954–1955 |
| Associate Professor Linguistics | Kennedy School of Missions (Hartford Seminary Foundation), Hartford, CT | 1955–1960 |
| Professor Linguistics and African Languages | University of California Los Angeles | 1960–1982 |
| Associate Pastor | OPC, Manhattan Beach, CA | 1977–1982 |
Publications
Presbyterian Guardian, New Horizons in the OPC, Co-Author, Structural Notes and Corpus (1952), Spoken English as a Foreign Language (1953), African Language Structures (1973), other books and articles on African languages, language groups and linguistic features