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David Collins was born on December 18, 1922 in [[Hot Springs, Arkansas]]. He graduated from the University of the South in 1943<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=David Browning Collins |url=https://prabook.com/web/david_browning.collins/581571 |url-status=live |access-date=2024-09-20}}</ref> and served in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946, stationed at the Brooklyn Naval Yard,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Candler |first=Samuel |date=2017-02-04 |title=A Sermon for David Collins |url=https://www.cathedralatl.org/sermons/a-sermon-for-david-collins/ |url-status=live |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=The Cathedral of St. Philip}}</ref> and the United States Navy Reserve from 1946 to 1960.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=T. L. C. |date=2017-01-20 |title=Dean David Collins Dies at 94 |url=https://livingchurch.org/people-and-places/obituaries/dean-david-collins-dies-94/ |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=The Living Church |language=en-US}}</ref> He came back to the University of the South as Chaplain and Associate Professor of Religion, during which time he obtained his Master of Sacred Theology degree (1962) and, later, his Doctorate of Divinity (1974).<ref name=":1" /> <ref name=":2" /> In 1996, he published an autobiography entitled ''There is a Lad Here''.<ref name=":0" /> He died on December 29, 2016 at the age of 94.

== Involvement in the Episcopalepiscopal Churchchurch ==

David B. Collins was ordained as a deacon in 1948, and as a priest in 1949, during which time he served as the rector of St. Andrew's Church in Marianna, Arkansas. Following his ordination, he served as priest-in-charge of the Holy Cross Church in West Memphis, Arkansas (1949-1953). In 1966, he became the dean of the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip, and served there until 1984, when he left to become the President of the House of Deputies. He kept this position until 1991.<ref name=":0" /> During his time at the Cathedral of St. Philip, he held prominent positions on the national level of the Episcopal Church, serving on the Presiding Bishop’s Advisory Committee on Evangelism and Renewal, he Church Deployment Board and the Church Pension Fund Board of Trustees. He also chaired the committee addressing women's ordination during the 1976 [[General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America|General Convention]], and was the Vice President of the House of Deputies from 1979 to 1985.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=David Collins {{!}} House of Deputies |url=https://houseofdeputies.org/past-presidents/david-collins/ |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=houseofdeputies.org}}</ref>

== See Alsoalso ==

* [[Episcopal Cathedral of Saint Philip (Atlanta)|Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip (Atlanta)]]