John Franklin Bruce Carruthers (August 31, 1889 – January 13, 1960) was a reverend who ministered to early aviators.
His son, John Franklin Bruce Carruthers, presented the Carruthers Aviation Collection to Claremont McKenna College, in Claremont, California, in 1950. Through subsequent gifts and purchases the collection contains about 4,000 volumes.[1]
He was the chaplain to the Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation, in Los Angeles, California.
Early life
editHe was born in Fort Scott, Kansas, on August 31, 1889, to James B. Carruthers and Anna Wood.[2][3]
He received his A.B. from Princeton University in 1912.[4] He received his A.M. from Princeton in 1917 and later graduated from the Princeton Theological Seminary.
Career
editFrom 1919 to 1924, he was head of the Bible Department at Lafayette College, in Easton, Pennsylvania.[2][5] In 1933, he was the research assistant of Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid, president of the University of Southern California.[6]
Affiliations
editCarruthers was a member of the aviation fraternity, Alpha Eta Rho and served as its national historian.[6]
Publications
edit- The Small Business Problem as I See It (1940)
- Line and Staff. Camp Hopkins (1942)
- Scrapbook of Early Aeronautica with William Upcott
- The Thirteenth Disciple, Founder, Church of All Sinners
References
edit- ^ "Carruthers Memorial Aviation Collection". Claremont McKenna College. Retrieved October 31, 2009.
The Carruthers Aviation Collection on the history of aviation was presented to Claremont McKenna College in 1950 by the Rev. and Mrs. John F. B. Carruthers. Subsequent gifts and purchases have increased the collection to its present size of approximately 4,000 volumes. The strong emphasis on World War I aeronautical history is represented by Italian, French, British and American publications.
- ^ a b Who Was Who in America – Volume 3, 1951–1960. Marquis Who's Who. 1951–1960.
Son of James B. and Anna (Wood) C.; A.B., Princeton, 1912, A.M., 1917; grad. Princeton Theol. Sem., 1917; D.D., Lafayette Coll., Easton, Pa., 1924; post grad. study U. of Geneva (Switzerland), Boston U., U. of So. Cal., Princeton, Harvard, U. of Pa.; married Mabel Grandin, July 9, 1919; children—John, Jane, Priscilla, Polly. Ordained to ministry of Presbyterian Ch., 1918;
- ^ John Franklin Bruce Carruthers in the World War I draft registration of June 5, 1917.
- ^ Catalogue. Princeton University. 1917. p. 451.
John Franklin Bruce Carruthers, A.B., Princeton University, 1912.
- ^ "Dr. Carruthers, Air History Specialist, Dies". Los Angeles Times. January 14, 1960.
- ^ a b "Anniversary of First Balloon Flight Feted". The Los Angeles Times. November 22, 1933. p. 7. Retrieved June 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
