The Reverend Canon Thomas Wilson Stearly Logan, Sr. devoted over sixty years to The Episcopal Church serving on commissions and community groups as well as in parochial leadership. Upon his retirement in 1984, he received the title Rector Emeritus of Calvary Church, Northern Liberties in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he had served since 1945.

Logan was born in Philadelphia in 1912. After his graduation from Lincoln University in 1935, he earned his Bachelor of Sacred Theology from General Theological Seminary (1938) and his Master of Sacred Theology from Philadelphia Divinity School (1941). Later in his career he received two honorary doctorates and completed doctorates in divinity and theology.

Logan was ordained to the diaconate in 1938 and to the priesthood in 1939. Following ordination, he lead churches in Yonkers, New York, New York City, and his hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Logan also served as an interim priest for five Philadelphia parishes, associate priest at the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, and as a chaplain for the Philadelphia Presbyterian Hospital and Philadelphia Police Department.

He served the church and society in a number of leadership roles, including Diocesan Council and the Brotherhood of St. Andrew; as president of Hampton University Ministers' Conference; as delegate to the Anglican Conference in Cape Town, South Africa; and as president of the Homeless Fund and National Church Workers Conference U.S.A.. He was one of the founders of the National Conference of Black Episcopalians and was a life member of the Union of Black Episcopalians and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. In Philadelphia, he was a president of the Tribune Charities and Rafters' Charities and one of the founders of the African American Museum. Logan was a life member and former board member of the NAACP for Philadelphia and Darby, Pennsylvania.