▁Stan ford ▁University , ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Washington , ▁Y ale ▁University , ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Frankfurt , ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Melbourne ▁and ▁Ky oto ▁University . ▁He ▁served ▁as ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁Met aph ys ical ▁Society ▁of ▁America ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 5 . ▁He ▁was ▁elected ▁a ▁Fellow ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Academy ▁of ▁Arts ▁and ▁Sciences ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 . ▁ ▁Intel lect ual ▁influ ences ▁ ▁Hart sh or ne ▁acknowled ged ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁greatly ▁influenced ▁by ▁Matthew ▁Arnold ▁( Liter ature ▁and ▁Dog ma ), ▁Em erson ' s ▁Ess ays , ▁Charles ▁Sand ers ▁Pe ir ce , ▁and ▁especially ▁by ▁Alfred ▁North ▁White head . ▁R uf us ▁Jones ▁was ▁his ▁Ha ver ford ▁teacher ▁and ▁continu ing ▁ment or . ▁He ▁also ▁found ▁insp iration ▁in ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁Jos iah ▁Roy ce ▁( Problem ▁of ▁Christian ity ), ▁William ▁James , ▁Henri ▁Berg son , ▁Ralph ▁Bart on ▁Perry ▁and ▁Nikol ai ▁B erd y ae v . ▁He ▁conducted ▁a ▁length y ▁correspond ence ▁over ▁some ▁twenty - three ▁years ▁with ▁Ed gar ▁S . ▁Bright man ▁of ▁Boston ▁University ▁about ▁their ▁respective ▁philosoph ical ▁and ▁the ological ▁views . ▁ ▁In ▁turn ▁Hart sh or ne ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁sem inal ▁influence ▁on ▁the ▁the olog ians ▁Matthew ▁Fox , ▁Daniel ▁Day ▁Williams , ▁Norman ▁P itten ger , ▁Gregory ▁A . ▁Bo yd , ▁Sch ub ert ▁M . ▁Og den ▁( born ▁March ▁ 2