Douglas Van Steere Writings Bibliography

Douglas Van Steere was born on August 31, 1901 in Harbor Beach, Michigan. He graduated from Michigan Agricultural College in 1923 with a B.S. in Agriculture and then went on to Harvard University to get his M.A. in Philosophy in 1929 and PhD in 1931. He also attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar from 1925 to 1928 and obtained a B.A and M.A.. Steere served as a professor of Philosophy at Haverford College from 1928 to 1964. He was heavily involved in many projects with the Society of Friends including various relief efforts with the American Friends Service Committee following World War II, served as Chairman of the Friends World Committee for Consultation, and represented the Society of Friends at the Second Vatican Council in 1964. Douglas Steere met Dorothy Steere in 1925 and the two married in 1929. Both were active members of the Radnor United Meeting of the Society of Friends from 1936 until 1995, and worked together in 1930 to plan Pendle Hill, a Quaker study center in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. They had two children, Helen and Anne, and were married for sixty-five years until Douglas’ death on February 16, 1993. Dorothy Steere passed away on February 10, 2003.

For a longer bio note on both Douglas and Dorothy Steere, refer to Douglas V. and Dorothy M. Steere papers Collection: https://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/hc_coll_1174