Isely, Merrill N.
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1894 Aug 4:
Born in Fairview, Kansas -
1916:
B.A., Fairmount College -
1916 -1917 :Attended Oberlin College -
1920:
B.D., Yale Divinity School -
1920 Jun 14:
Ordained as Congregational minister in Wichita, Kansas -
1920 -1960 :Missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Gaziantep (Aintab), Turkey; served as business manager of the Azariah Smith Memorial Hospital. His wife, Mildred, served there as dietician. Isely was also involved in a reforestation project, persuading the Turkish government to start a tree-growing project in Gaziantep, as well as in bee-keeping and other agricultural projects.
From the guide to the Merrill Isely Papers, 1919-1961, (Yale University Divinity School Library)
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