Edwards, Dwight Woodbridge.

• 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)