Background
Fitch, George Ashmore was born on January 23, 1883 in Soochow, China. Son of Review George Field and Mary (McLellan) Fitch.
Fitch, George Ashmore was born on January 23, 1883 in Soochow, China. Son of Review George Field and Mary (McLellan) Fitch.
Parents American citizens). Bachelor of Science, University Wooster, 1906, Doctor of Laws, 1939. Graduate Union Theological Seminary, New York City, 1909.
Student Columbia, 1906-1909.
Chaplain, Riverview Military Academy, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1906-1907. Assistant pastor 1st Presbyterian Church, New York City, 1907-1909. Secretary international committee Young Men's Christian Association, New York City, from 1909, Shanghai, China, 1909-1936, Nanking, 1936-1938, Chungking, 1938-1944, Northwest China, 1944-1945, Lanchow, 1945, of Korea, 1947-1949.
Adviser War Area Service Corps, Nanking, 1936-1937.
Director Nanking Safety Zone during siege and occupation by Japanese, 1937-1938. Executive adviser, Chinese Industrial Cooperatives, 1941-1943.
Deputy director United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, Kaifeng, Honan, China, 1946. Secretary National Council Young Men's Christian Association of of Korea, 1947-1949, from 50.
Vice-president Chinese-Foreign Famine Relief Commission.
Director Hwai Valley Conservancy Board. Trustee Institution for Chinese Blind. Honorary adviser Chinese Mission to Lepers.
Member Executive Committee China National Child Welfare Association.
Member Labor Welfare communications of City Government of Greater Shanghai. Member National Famine Relief Commission.
Founder, adviser National Blind Welfare Association of China. Vice president Chinese-American Institute Cultural Relations.
Member Foreign Policy Association, Royal.
Asiatic Society, American Association China (past president), Pan-Pacific Association (director). Fellow Royal Geography Society (England).
Member Executive Committee China National Child Welfare Association. Member Labor Welfare communications of City Government of Greater Shanghai. Member National Famine Relief Commission.
Member Foreign Policy Association, Royal.
Asiatic Society, American Association China (past president), Pan-Pacific Association (director). Mason; member Order Eastern Star.
Clubs: Rotary (past president), American University, International (Nanking).
Married Alberta Casterlin Kempton, August 3, 1910. Married second, Geraldine Townsend, June 30, 1924. Children: Marion Kathleen (Mistress John Exter), George Kempton, Albert Casterlin, Edith Louise (Mistress Alex Swapp).
