1930–31 Volume 55 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

Another Sewanee Phi MadeBishop of the Episcopal ChurchKEV. DR. WYATT BROWN, Sewanee,'05, was recently elected Bishop of theEpiscopal Diocese of Harrisburg,Pennsylvania. This makes the thirdSewanee Phi to hold the post ofbishop in the Episcopal Church, theothers being Kirkham G. Finley ofthe Diocese of Upper South Carolinaand Richard B. Mitchell of the Dioceseof Arizona. Dr. Brown was deanof St, Paul's Cathedral, Buffalo, NewYork, at the time of his election.The following information is takenfrom the Harrisburg Evening News:Doctor Brown is forty-five years old.He was born and spent his boyhood andschool years in the South. Nearly theentire period of his ministry, however,has been spent in the North.A native of Eufaula, Alabama, he determinedto become a clerg>-man whenbut nine years old, following the footstepsof an older brother. He attendedthe University of the South at Sewanee,Tennessee, where he received his A.B.degree in 1905 and his D.B. degree in1908. He played baseball and pursuedother athletic interests. He was editorof the university periodical and editorin-chiefof the Sewanee annual.His first charge was at St. John'sChurch, Montgomery, Alabama. Aftera year there, in which he married, he becamerector of All Saints Church ofMobile, Alabama, where he remainedfour years while his congregation grewfrom 26 to 384. At his next charge,Trinity Church, Asheville, North Carolina,he erected a new church building.In addition to his present charge hehas served two parishes in the North.He was five years at the Church of theAscension, in Pittsburgh, where he conductedmany meetings among studentsof the Carnegie Institute of Technologyand the University of Pittsburgh, both ashort distance from his church.He continued his contact with college[383]REV. HYATT BROWN, D.D.Sewanee, 'OSstudents during his eight years' serviceas rector of St. Michael and All AngelsChurch, in Baltimore, holding studentmeetings each month.Doctor Brown went to Buffalo fromBaltimore at the urgent request of theparishioners of St. Paul's Cathedral, towhom he had endeared himself duringa series of Lenten services which heconducted in 1927 and 1928.Doctor Brown, in addition to havingplayed baseball, enjoys hockey games,plays golf and is fond of swimming andbowling. He is a member of the Holein-OneClub, having made a lucky drivefor the cup at Georgian Bay, where thefamily maintains a summer home.He is fond of music and his taste in(Continued on page 394)