Education and Career
Lawrence graduated from Harvard College, as was the tradition in his family. In 1925, he was elected as the third bishop to the newly formed Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts and, in 1929, he earned his Doctor of Divinity degree from Harvard Divinity School.
In 1938, Lawrence created the first diocesan council and recommended that lay employees be included under social security. Then, in 1946, he established Camp Bement, which was closed by the diocese in 2009.
In his retirement, Lawrence developed what is known today as the Clergy Deployment Office.
Lawrence's brother, Frederic C. Lawrence, was suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts (1956–68).
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