Elmer Fred Eastman[1][2] (July 11, 1886 – April 2, 1963) was an American Presbyterian theologian, professor, author, playwright, lecturer and journalist.
[9][10][11] In March 1926, Eastman was appointed chair of Chicago Theological Seminary's newly established department of religious literature and drama,[12] a post he held until his retirement in 1952.
[4] In May 1950, in the wake of polls expressing mass approval of U.S. bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Eastman, in a published statement endorsed and later disseminated by the Claremont Wider Quaker Fellowship, likened threatened deployment of the hydrogen bomb to Herod's Slaughter of the Innocents.
[13][14][15] On August 4, 1914, in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, Eastman, then Pastor of the Reformed Church of Locust Valley, Long Island, married fellow UTS alumnus Lilla Frances Morse, in a ceremony held in his bride's home and conducted by her brother, the Rev.
On April 2, 1963, at age 76, Eastman died at Pilgrim Place, a retirement community in Claremont, California, survived by his wife and sons.