1. Iain Torrance is Pro-Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen, Honorary Professor of Early Christian Doctrine and Ethics at the University of Edinburgh, President and Professor of Patristics Emeritus at Princeton Theological Seminary, and an Extra Chaplain to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in Scotland.
Iain Torrance was formerly Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Dean of the Chapel Royal in Scotland, and Dean of the Order of the Thistle.
Iain Torrance is married to Morag Ann, whom he met while they were students at the University of St Andrews, and they have two children.
Iain Torrance is the younger son of Thomas Forsyth Torrance, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1976.
Iain Torrance was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and at Monkton Combe School in Bath, then graduated MA, BD, DPhil.
Iain Torrance was promoted to Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class on 26 July 1988.
Iain Torrance was awarded the Efficiency Decoration in 1995, in recognition of twelve years long service in the reserves.
Iain Torrance resigned his British Army commission on 16 February 2000.
Iain Torrance was invited to become a member of the International Dialogue between The World Alliance of Reformed Churches and the Eastern Orthodox Church in 1992, becoming co-chair in 1995.
Iain Torrance served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 2004, continuing in that office until the appointment of Alison Elliot the following year.
Iain Torrance appears as himself in Alexander McCall Smith's Edinburgh novels, The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday and The Forgotten Affairs of Youth.
Professor Iain Torrance's report, which Dyer tried to have changed after completion, found that there was a culture of bullying and "systematic dysfunction in the diocese", and that there were previous similar problems in Dyer's time at Durham.
Doctor Iain Torrance thereby became the first leader to encourage gay ordination in the Church of Scotland's 500-year history, a stance that marked a major shift in the Church's view and which was met with fierce opposition.
Iain Torrance subsequently used a Christmas sermon as a platform to challenge homophobia within his own church.
Iain Torrance made representation to the British Prime Minister Tony Blair on behalf of Megrahi pointing out the deep unease in Scotland and elsewhere over the safety of the verdict.
Iain Torrance visited the demilitarized zone in Eritrea as the guest of the United Nations peacekeeping force and preached in southern Sudan.
Iain Torrance took up his appointment as the sixth president of Princeton Theological Seminary on 1 July 2004 and was installed as President and Professor of Patristics, on 11 March 2005, at a service in the Princeton University Chapel.
At Princeton Theological Seminary, Iain Torrance was active in the review of existing programs, both academic and financial.
Iain Torrance was committed to the renovation of the seminary library and the rebuilding of student housing on the Charlotte Rachel Wilson campus.
Iain Torrance has been committed to inter-faith dialogue, being a public supporter of the Muslim document A Common Word Between Us and You.
Iain Torrance retired from the presidency of Princeton Theological Seminary on 31 December 2012.
Professor Iain Torrance's arms were matriculated as those of a second son in 1974.
On 18 March 2016 Torrance was presented by the Lord Lyon, Dr Joseph J Morrow QC, with Letters Patent granting him supporters.
Iain Torrance's father was the distinguished theologian Thomas F Torrance, sometime Professor of Christian Dogmatics at New College, Edinburgh, who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1976.