Swart, John Robert, 1919-

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John Robert Swart graduated from Hope College in 1941; his wife, Morrell Webber, graduated from Hope in 1942. In 1948 the Swarts were in the first group of Reformed Church in America missionaries to work in Africa. They served in the Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya. The Swarts received honorary doctor of humane letters degrees from Hope College in 1981.

From the description of Papers, 1948-1988. (Joint Archive of Holland, History Research Center). WorldCat record id: 30122683

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Birth 1919

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