Harry Baker Adams

Fifth University Chaplain and Pastor of the Church of Christ in Yale (1986-1992)

Education:

• Yale College, 1947
• Yale Divinity School, 1951

Life Before Yale Chaplaincy:

• Pastor of multiple congregations
• Yale Divinity School
• Associate Director of Field Work (1956-1960)
• Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology (1960-1976)
• Associate Dean of the Divinity School (1965-1986)
• Acting Director of Institute of Sacred Music (1983-1984, 1991-1993)

Key Contributions:

• Consolidated relationships between the university and the chaplaincy

Fun Fact:

• Drives a “Yale Blue” Volkswagen beetle. 

Life After Yale Chaplaincy:

• Master of Trumbull College, 1987-1997
• Acting Master of Saybrook College, 1998-1999
• Appointed the Horace Bushnell Professor of Christian Nurture, Yale Divinity School, 1999