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Paul Bernard Anderson

Birth	:	27 Dec 1894 Madrid, Boone County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	26 Jun 1985 Black Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Burial	:	Whiting Cemetery, Whiting, Monona County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.1483002, -96.1453018
Description	:	Paul Anderson spent his 48-year career working with the YMCAs International Committee. He lived in Russia during the overthrow of the Czar and subsequent attempts to establish a democratic government. He spent four years in Germany before moving to Paris in 1921, where he provided leadership to the Russian language YMCA Press for twenty-six years. The Press published over 400 titles, including Russian Orthodox theologians, scholarly works related to Communism and the original Russian text of three of Alexander Solzhenitzyns novels. Anderson returned to New York in 1947 to serve as the Associate Executive Secretary for World Service until his... Read More	Paul Anderson spent his 48-year career working with the YMCAs International Committee. He lived in Russia during the overthrow of the Czar and subsequent attempts to establish a democratic government. He spent four years in Germany before moving to Paris in 1921, where he provided leadership to the Russian language YMCA Press for twenty-six years. The Press published over 400 titles, including Russian Orthodox theologians, scholarly works related to Communism and the original Russian text of three of Alexander Solzhenitzyns novels. Anderson returned to New York in 1947 to serve as the Associate Executive Secretary for World Service until his retirement in 1961. He was awarded the French Legion of Honor with Palms and the Officer of the British Empire in recognition of his WWII service in Europe. ***************************** Paul Anderson, 90, Retired Ymca Exec Chicago Tribune (July 4, 1985) By Kenan Heise Paul B. Anderson, 90, a retired executive with the International YMCA, was in Russia during the Revolution in 1917 and 1918, in France during the Nazi occupation in 1940 and 1941 and back in France right after D-Day. For his work with prisoners of war in Europe, he received the French Legion of Honor medal and was made an Honorary Officer of the British Empire. In 1972, the Archbishop of Canterbury presented him with the Lambreth Cross for his work in promoting good relations between Eastern Orthodox churches and Anglicanism. A memorial service for Mr. Anderson will be held 11 a.m. Saturday in St. Mark`s Episcopal Church, Main and Hillside Streets, Glen Ellyn. Mr. Anderson, who had retired to Black Mountain, N.C., died June 26 in Highland Farms Health Care Center in Black Mountain. Mr. Anderson, a native of Madrid, Ia., joined the YMCA staff while a third-year student at the University of Iowa. His first assignment was in China in 1913 as private secretary to the country`s YMCA secretary general. Returning to the United States in the spring of 1917, he was appointed to a similar position with John R. Mott, general secretary of the International YMCA Committees, who was sent on a diplomatic mission by President Woodrow Wilson to Petrograd (now Leningrad) to convey the greetings of the American people to the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church. Mr. Anderson accompanied Mott to Petrograd, and after Mott left, he stayed to do relief work among prisoners of war. He lived there and in Moscow during the Russian Revolution. He returned to the United States in the autumn of 1918 and finished his studies at the University of Iowa. In 1920, he was appointed YMCA secretary for Russians living outside of the Soviet Union, with headquarters first in Berlin and later in Paris. He helped establish and then became director of the YMCA Press in Paris, which published the Russian-language books on Orthodox theology and philosophy later banned in the Soviet Union. In 1941, after 13 months in Nazi-occupied France, he returned to do YMCA work in New York. Immediately after D-Day, he returned to France, where he became deputy secretary general of war prisoners` aid for northwest Europe. He continued his work with war prisoners until 1947, when he returned to New York to become associate executive secretary of the International Committee of the YMCA. Mr. Anderson retired from the YMCA in 1961, but he immediately became a consultant in the Department of International Affairs of the National Council of Churches. This led to his highly recognized work in the field of Anglican- Orthodox relations. Survivors include his wife, Margaret; a daughter, Mary Glenn; a son, J. Peter; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two brothers; and a sister. Courtesy - Family Finder (#48231815) 11/2015

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Paul Bernard Anderson's memorial is located at: Whiting Cemetery, Whiting, Monona County, USA.
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Paul Bernard Anderson death on 26 Jun 1985 in Black Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
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Latitude: 42.1483002
Longitude: -96.1453018

Family Members:

Parent

B. Frank Anderson

(1860 - 1960)

Emma Josefina Seashore Anderson

(1867 - 1930)

Spouse

Margaret Ella Holmes Anderson

(1900 - 1998)

Siblings

Ruth Emily Anderson Mather

(1890 - 1936)

Agnes Elizabeth Anderson Engstrom

(1893 - 1977)

David Quintin Anderson

(1897 - 1898)

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