1867 Galesburg, Illinois, d. 1966 California, was an American pastor and theologian who also worked in Albania, where he founded the first[1] vocational school for farmers.
After the war, he was chosen an honorary delegate to the Paris Peace Conference by Vatra, the Pan-Albanian Federation of America and the provisional government of Albania.
He acted as a special commissioner for Albania to the United States in 1920-1921 and, from 1922 to 1923, he assisted the diplomatic staff at the American Embassy in Tirana.
[2] He proposed to Fan Noli and Ahmet Zogu the establishment of vocational schools for boys and girls, especially for farming.
He also served as interim pastor to congregations at Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Nantucket Island, Massachusetts; Lake Helen, Florida; and Avalon, California; and made trips to Australia and New Zealand to promote the World Council of Churches.
After having lived at Capri, Corfu, Rhodes, Guernsey, Jersey and Britain, he and his wife finally settled in California where he died in 1966 in the age of 99.