J. Edward Sproul - program cover

J. Edward Sproul - program cover

Young Men's Christian Association of North America;

Sproul, J. Edward; YMCA; YMCA Hall of Fame; Newark YMCA; Ridgewood YMCA; Springfield College

Portrait photograph of J. Edward Sproul circa 1945-1965 on a program cover. The rest of the program has been removed and is not identified. J. Edward Sproul began his work in 1916 as an assistant secretary for religious activities at the Newark (N.J.) YMCA. During WWI, he became a program secretary with an Army YMCA unit. After the war, he returned to the YMCA as assistant state secretary in New Jersey, and in 1921 became the executive secretary of the Ridgewood (N.J.) YMCA. Sproul served on the 1925 YMCA Constitutional Convention, charged with formulating the constitution of the National Council. Two years later, he joined the staff of the program section of the newly-formed National Council. In 1936, he became the executive of the Program and Research Division, and later was the secretary of the Committee on Public Affairs on the national staff.

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2011-02-09

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