Word: traynham
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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WHILE many militant blacks responded to the death of Martin Luther King Jr. primarily with fury, the Rev. Warner Traynham remained composed, preparing sorrowfully to turn the event into a springboard for serious civil rights action...
...TRAYNHAM seems to have chosen a middle course for his civil rights activities. Rather than ignore the white community, he would enlist its sympathy, its money and the support of its large, wealthy corporations. Especially the corporations...
Using John Monro's switch to Miles College as an example of a noble but minor gesture. Traynham, for two years Assistant Episcopalian Chaplain at Harvard, denounced the University's investment policy, in his eulogy. "Harvard stands behind its individuals--like Monro," he said. "but is willing to risk anything in terms of the institution. Harvard," he continued, "is a pacesetter. It's not the richest segment of the corporate community, but it has tremendous influence academically...
...orchestra composed of Harvard and Radcliffe students will open the presentation at 4 p.m. with Corelli's "Christmas Concerto." The Rev. William J. Schneider and the Rev. Warner R. Traynham of the Episcopal Chaplaincy will lead the opening and closing sections of the service...
...Episcopal clergyman has been named the first Negro member of the United Ministry. The Rev. Warner R. Traynham, Associate Episcopal Chaplain to Harvard and Radcliffe, will lead services, counsel students and participate in conferences. A graduate of Dartmouth College and the Episcopal Seminary in Alexandria, Va., he studied for a year at Oxford University...