Ekvall, Robert B. (Robert Brainerd), 1898-1983

Missionary, translator; born in 1898 on the Tibet-China border to American missionary parents; grew up in China and attended college in the United States; after brief service in World War I, he and his wife went to China as missionaries with the Christian and Missionary Alliance; later began an evangelistic work in Tibet; after his wife's death in 1940, Ekvall eventually returned to the United States and served as a translator and intelligence officer in the Army until 1951; taught anthropology briefly at the University of Chicago but was recalled to active service in 1953 to translate at the Korean War peace negotiations; left the Army again in 1958 to resume teaching which he did until retirement in 1974; died in 1983.

From the description of Ephemera of Robert Brainerd Elkvall, 1933-1980. (Wheaton College). WorldCat record id: 26448892