Oliver J. Schoonmaker - Revision history

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 '''Oliver J. Schoonmaker''' was a prominent leader of the [[Theosophical Society (Pasadena)]].
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	'''Oliver J. Schoonmaker''' was a prominent leader of the [[Theosophical Society (Pasadena)]].		'''Oliver J. Schoonmaker''' was a prominent leader of the [[Theosophical Society (Pasadena)]].

	Mr. Schoonmaker ~~was a graduate of~~ Rutgers University in 1906.<ref>Inventory to the Records of the Rutgers College War Service Bureau. RG33/C0. Special Collections and University Archives. [http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/ead/uarchives/warservicebureauf.html Rutgers University Libraries].</ref> He served in the military, and co-authored the ''Military Instructors Manual''. That volume states his rank as a major in the 76th Division, and as Assistant Instructor 3rd Battalion, 17th Provisional Training Regiment, Plattsburg, N.Y.<ref>J. P. Cole and Oliver Schoonmaker. ''Military Instructors Manual''. 1917. Available at [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14625 Project Gutenberg.]</ref>		== Early life and education ==

			Mr. Schoonmaker attended Rutgers University for two years, and transferred to Harvard for one additional year of education. Both universities granted him degrees in 1906.<ref>Inventory to the Records of the Rutgers College War Service Bureau. RG33/C0. Special Collections and University Archives. [http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/ead/uarchives/warservicebureauf.html Rutgers University Libraries].</ref> He then traveled in Europe, and taught mathematics at Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode Island, and at the American University of Beirut. He married about 1911.

			== Military experience ==

			Schoonmaker served in the military, and co-authored the ''Military Instructors Manual''. That volume states his rank as a major in the 76th Division, and as Assistant Instructor 3rd Battalion, 17th Provisional Training Regiment, Plattsburg, N.Y.<ref>J. P. Cole and Oliver Schoonmaker. ''Military Instructors Manual''. 1917. Available at [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14625 Project Gutenberg.]</ref>

	== Theosophical work ==		== Theosophical work ==

	He was active in the [[Fraternization Movement]] with [[F. Pierce Spinks]]. The two men co-authored an article called "Theosophy in the Business World" for the August 1939 issue of [[The Theosophical Forum (periodical)\|''The Theosophical Forum'']]. ~~There is only one other Schoonmaker~~ article ~~that I was able to identify, and it~~ was "Actions Speak Louder" in the August 1965 issue of [[Sunrise (periodical)\|''Sunrise'']]. The Fraternization Movement ultimately did not result in unification of the societies, although similar efforts are underway again. In August our Wheaton headquarters estate hosted the [[International Theosophical Conference, 2012]], where "fraternization" and cooperation were big topics.		He was active in the [[Fraternization Movement]] with [[F. Pierce Spinks]]. The two men co-authored an article called "Theosophy in the Business World" for the August 1939 issue of [[The Theosophical Forum (periodical)\|''The Theosophical Forum'']]. Another article was "Actions Speak Louder" in the August 1965 issue of [[Sunrise (periodical)\|''Sunrise'']].

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	Mr. Schoonmaker was a graduate of Rutgers University in 1906.<ref>Inventory to the Records of the Rutgers College War Service Bureau. RG33/C0. Special Collections and University Archives. [http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/ead/uarchives/warservicebureauf.html Rutgers University Libraries
	.]</ref> He served in the military, and co-authored the ''Military Instructors Manual''. That volume states his rank as a major in the 76th Division, and as Assistant Instructor 3rd Battalion, 17th Provisional Training Regiment, Plattsburg, N.Y.<ref>J. P. Cole and Oliver Schoonmaker. ''Military Instructors Manual''. 1917. Available at [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14625 Project Gutenberg.]</ref>

			'''Oliver J. Schoonmaker''' was a prominent leader of the [[Theosophical Society (Pasadena)]].

	He was active in the [[Fraternization Movement]] with [[F. Pierce Spinks]].		Mr. Schoonmaker was a graduate of Rutgers University in 1906.<ref>Inventory to the Records of the Rutgers College War Service Bureau. RG33/C0. Special Collections and University Archives. [http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/ead/uarchives/warservicebureauf.html Rutgers University Libraries].</ref> He served in the military, and co-authored the ''Military Instructors Manual''. That volume states his rank as a major in the 76th Division, and as Assistant Instructor 3rd Battalion, 17th Provisional Training Regiment, Plattsburg, N.Y.<ref>J. P. Cole and Oliver Schoonmaker. ''Military Instructors Manual''. 1917. Available at [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14625 Project Gutenberg.]</ref>

			== Theosophical work ==

			He was active in the [[Fraternization Movement]] with [[F. Pierce Spinks]]. The two men co-authored an article called "Theosophy in the Business World" for the August 1939 issue of [[The Theosophical Forum (periodical)\|''The Theosophical Forum'']]. There is only one other Schoonmaker article that I was able to identify, and it was "Actions Speak Louder" in the August 1965 issue of [[Sunrise (periodical)\|''Sunrise'']]. The Fraternization Movement ultimately did not result in unification of the societies, although similar efforts are underway again. In August our Wheaton headquarters estate hosted the [[International Theosophical Conference, 2012]], where "fraternization" and cooperation were big topics.

			== Notes ==
			<references/>

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Mr. Schoonmaker was a graduate of Rutgers University in 1906.<ref>Inventory to the Records of the Rutgers College War Service Bureau. RG33/C0. Special Collections and University Archives. [http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/ead/uarchives/warservicebureauf.html Rutgers University Libraries
.]</ref> He served in the military, and co-authored the ''Military Instructors Manual''. That volume states his rank as a major in the 76th Division, and as Assistant Instructor 3rd Battalion, 17th Provisional Training Regiment, Plattsburg, N.Y.<ref>J. P. Cole and Oliver Schoonmaker. ''Military Instructors Manual''. 1917. Available at [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14625 Project Gutenberg.]</ref>

He was active in the [[Fraternization Movement]] with [[F. Pierce Spinks]].