Larry Durgin

Lawrence Lazelle "Larry" Durgin (1918–1981) was a Congregational minister and social activist, he was dedicated to racial equality.[1]

He was born in Newark, New Jersey, and raised in Japan. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1940, and Oberlin School of Theology in 1944.[1]

He was minister at First Congregational Church in Norwich, New York, Orient Congregational Church in Orient Point, New York, Central Congregational Church in Providence, Rhode Island, from 1952 to 1961, and at Broadway United Church of Christ in New York City from 1961 to 1980.[1][2]

He was instrumental in forming a relationship between historically black Tougaloo College in Mississippi and Brown University in his capacity as a minister at Central Church in Providence.[3] In 1980, he became vice president of development at Tougaloo College.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Waggoner, Walter. "REV. LAWRENCE L. DURGIN, 63, EX-BROADWAY CHURCH PASTOR". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ "Lawrence Lazelle Durgin, The Eighth Pastor, 1961-1980". Broadway United Church of Christ.
  3. ↑ "Tougaloo College". Encyclopedia Brunoniana.
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