G(arfield) Bromley Oxnam

Oxnam, G(arfield) Bromley (1891–1963), U.S. Methodist bishop, teacher, and author. Ordained in 1916, he served as bishop of Omaha (1936–40), Boston (1940–44), New York (1944–52), and Washington, D.C. (1952–60). He voiced his liberal views on social issues in such books as The Mexican in Los Angeles (1920), Russian Impressions (1927, written following a visit to the Soviet Union), and Labor in Tomorrow's World (1945). He was an outspoken opponent of totalitarianism, and defended religious freedom in front of the U.S. House of Representatives' Un-American Activities Committee (1953).