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Harry W. Shipps was an American businessman and entrepreneur. He was the founder and chairman of the board of Shipps Industries, a diversified manufacturing and distribution company. He was also the founder and chairman of the board of Shipps Financial Corporation, a financial services company. Shipps was born in Bordentown, New Jersey, and attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a degree in economics. After college, he served in the United States Navy during World War II. After the war, Shipps began his career in the manufacturing industry, working for several companies before founding Shipps Industries in 1954. The company grew rapidly, and by the late 1960s, it had become one of the largest privately held companies in the United States. Shipps was also active in philanthropy, donating to numerous charities and organizations. He was a member of the board of trustees of the University of Pennsylvania and a trustee of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. At the time of his death in 2016, Shipps was 90 years old.

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Age 90 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 28 January, 1926
Birthday 28 January
Birthplace Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Date of death (2016-11-17)
Died Place Savannah, Georgia, United States
Nationality United States

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1985

Shipps was consecrated as the eighth Bishop of Georgia. He had been elected as a bishop coadjutor to succeed Paul Reeves on Reeve's retirement. Shipps served as diocesan bishop from 1985 through 1995. During Shipps' tenure as diocesan bishop, the Diocese made headlines when a former Assembly of God minister, Stan White, lead his independent congregation to join the Episcopal Church en masse and as Christ the King Church, Valdosta, became a congregation in the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia. During his episcopacy, women were first ordained in the Diocese of Georgia. He was succeeded by Henry I. Louttit.

1983

He also served the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia, before his election as Bishop, as diocesan secretary, editor of the diocesan newspaper, on diocesan council, member and president of the standing committee and as a deputy to three General Conventions. He was the Dean of the Augusta Convocation at the time of his election. Shipps was elected bishop coadjutor on September 15, 1983, on 11th round of balloting from a field of 35 nominees.

1959

After his military discharge, Shipps attended the School of Theology at The University of the South and received his B.D. degree there in 1958. That same year, on May 20, he was ordained as a transitional deacon by Bishop Albert R. Stuart. He was ordained to the priesthood on January 17, 1959, by Bishop Alfred L. Banyard. Shipps served in parish ministry in Albany, Savannah and Augusta, Georgia.

1953

Commissioned as an officer in the United States Navy, Lt. Shipps sailed on a troop ship, and after his discharged sailed with the Grace Line Steamship Company. He was recalled to active duty during the Korean War and assigned to a naval facility in Savannah, Georgia, but later sailed on ships in the North Atlantic. On May 16, 1953, he married Louise Huntington Rosenberger.

1942

Shipps was born in Bordentown, New Jersey and graduated in 1942 from William MacFarland High School. In 1946 Shipps graduated from the New York State Maritime Academy.

1926

Harry Woolston Shipps (January 28, 1926 – November 17, 2016) was the eighth Bishop of Georgia. He was the 778th bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA).

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