Huntsville, Texas
Huntsville Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Huntsville, Texas
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IN MEMORIUM
The Rev. Dr. Frank Schulman
March 26, 1927 - January 4, 2006
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The Huntsville Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship lost its best friend and minister
on January 4, 2006. True to his word, Dr. Schulman modeled courage in his battle
with cancer and dignity in his death, thus continuing a lifelong pattern of
commitment to the causes and principles he believed in. A scholar, teacher,
minister, author of seven books, theologian, historian, and civil libertarian, Dr.
Schulman inspired us all.
After serving as minister of Emerson Unitarian Church
in Houston for twenty-five years, Dr. Schulman agreed to become our minister in
1997. With his leadership, we have grown in numbers and become stronger in our
faith. Twenty members of our congregation journeyed to Houston to attend a memorial
service in his honor on January 8, 2006. That's more than half of us and gives
witness to the high regard in which we hold him. "Frank, we miss you."
Dr. Schulman was ordained a Unitarian minister
at the Arlington Street Church in Boston in 1954. He served Unitarian churches in
Worcester, Mass.; Youngstown, Ohio; Houston, Texas; and Horsham, England.
Dr. Schulman taught philosophy at Youngstown State University; and at
Manchester College, Oxford University, in England he served in the dual
capacity as chaplain and supervisor of training for the
divinity students. His teaching was mostly in the field
of church history.
Dr. Schulman was the author of Ralph
Waldo Emerson: His Life, His Work, His Theology;
Introducing Unitarianism; The Message of Christmas;
Emerson as a Minister; 'Blasphemous and
Wicked'--the Struggle of Unitarianism for Legal Equality;
A Fine Victorian Gentleman, The Life and Times of
Charles Wellbeloved; This Day In Unitarian Universalist History and numerous pamphlets and
articles.
Dr. Schulman continued his research in
Unitarian history and remained a Fellow of Oxford
University. He served on the Faculty of Theology there,
the first Unitarian to hold that position. He also was
Minister Emeritus of Emerson Unitarian Church in Houston.
Dr. Schulman served on numerous
denominational and civic organizations. He and his wife,
Alice, had four children and lived in The Woodlands, Texas.
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Our minister from June of 1997 until January of 2006 was Dr. J. Frank Schulman.
