Edwards, Dwight Woodbridge.

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1883 Mar 25 Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, son of Rev. Maurice and Annie Edwards. 1904 B.A., cum laude, Princeton University. 1905 M.A., in mathematics, Princeton University. 1905 1906 Teacher in Japan under YMCA auspices. 1906 1946 Served YMCA in China. 1906 1924 Associate general secretary of Peking YMCA. Peking YMCA was sponsored by Princeton-in-Peking, which later became the Princeton-Yenching Foundation 1915 Married Mary E. Vanderslice, ABCFM missionary serving as Director of Kindergarten Training in the North China College for Women. Children: Dwight W. , Jr. and Anne. 1920 1922 Executive secretary of Peking United International Famine Relief Committee. This relief operation resulted in the formation of the China International Famine Relief Commission, which functioned from 1922 to 1946 in relief and prevention of famine in China. 1920 1922 Executive secretary of Finance Commission of the Government Relief Bureau administering the Surtax on the Maritime Customs for Relief. 1922 1950 Executive field secretary of Princeton-Yenching Foundation. 1925 1927 General secretary of Peking YMCA following retirement of Robert Gailey, until Chinese General secretary was appointed. 1927 1938 YMCA Regional secretary for North China, based in Peking. 1931 Six months service with Chinese Government Yangtze flood relief work. 1932 1948 Member of the Board of Managers of Yenching University. 1938 1946 YMCA Senior secretary in China, based first in Shanghai and from 1941 to 1946 in Chungking. 1942 1946 Field Director and Vice-president of United China Relief (later known as United Service to China), on loan from YMCA. 1943 1946 Received Chinese government awards for relief and educational work. 1946 1949 Full time work for United Service to China following retirement from YMCA. 1948 Executive secretary of the Administrative Committee of Yenching University. 1949 Honorary Doctorate of Philanthropy, Princeton University. 1949 Returned from China to the U.S., continued to serve as consultant in relief field for several years. 1959 DWE's monograph, Yenching University, published by United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia. 1967 Oct 4 Died in Princeton, New Jersey.

From the guide to the Dwight W. Edwards Papers, 1905-1982, (Yale University Divinity School Library)

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