Q:What key details about roy cheville can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: roy a. cheville -lrb- october 2 , 1897 -- april 6 , 1986 -rrb- was a religious leader , theologian and educator in the reorganized church of jesus christ of latter day saints , or community of christ , as it is known today . cheville graduated from graceland university in 1921 with an associate of arts -lrb- a.a. -rrb- degree in liberal arts and religious education . -lsb- http://www.servinghistory.com/topics/roy_cheville] in 1926 , he authored graceland 's '' alma mater hymn '' while on the faculty . he obtained his ph. b. in 1922 , an a.m in divinity in 1923 , a d.b. in practical theology in 1925 , and later a ph. d. in religion in 1942 , all from the university of chicago . he was the first member of his denomination to complete a doctoral level religious education . cheville was regarded as an influential professor of religion at graceland from 1923 to 1960 and also served as the campus pastor . cheville taught many introductory religion courses from his own text , '' growing up in religion '' stressing that a view of god restricted to scriptural and doctrinal traditions was too small and confining . cheville was called to the office of presiding patriarch in the rlds church in 1958 by w. wallace smith and was the first person to serve in that office who was not a direct descendant of joseph smith , jr. . in that role , he presided over the order of evangelists , which had 89 members at that time . he authored more than 345 articles , 20 pamphlets and 25 books on christian family life , spirituality , church history , theology , scriptures , and other religious topics . he was an authority on the subject of religious socialization , but his position at graceland university and later as presiding patriarch provided him with a platform from which he could be heard on a wide variety of subjects . his 1962 text '' did the light go out ? '' represented a turn away from the traditional rlds viewpoint regarding the great apostasy . he wrote numerous hymn texts published in hymns of the saints and prior hymnals ,...
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- death place is independence , missouri- alt is photo of roy a. cheville- position or quorum is presiding patriarchs/evangelist community of christ- end date is 1974 04 04 yes- start date is 1958 02 04 yes- successor is reed m. holmes- death date is 06 april 1986- spouse is nell weldon cheville- called by is w. wallace smith- predecessor is elbert a. smith- portals is coc- children is 2- birth date is 02 october 1897- name is roy a. cheville- image is roy a. cheville.jpg- birth place is maxwell , iowa