Background
Pfeiffer, Annie Merner was born on September 23, 1860 in New Hamburg, Ontario. Daughter of John and Anna Marie (Zingg) Merner.
Pfeiffer, Annie Merner was born on September 23, 1860 in New Hamburg, Ontario. Daughter of John and Anna Marie (Zingg) Merner.
Educated public schools of Ontario, Canada. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1937, MacMurray College, Jacksonville, Illinois, 1939. Honorary Doctor of Humanities, Cornell College (Mount Vernon, Iowa), 1938, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida, 1941.
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Kansas Wesleyan University (Salina, Kansas), Bennett College, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1941, Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, 1942.
Doctor of Letters of Humanity, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1942.
Philanthropist, chiefly among churches, homes for children and aged, church directed schools and colleges, United States and foreign countries. Trustee Colegio Ward (Buenos Aires), Yenching University (Peiping, China), Ewha College (Seoul, of Korea), Albright College, Bennett College, Cornell College, North Central College, Ohio Wesleyan University, Syracuse University, Baldwin-Wallace College, Pfeiffer Junior College (all United States), Drew Seminary for Women, Carmel, New New York Member board New York Deaconess Association and Methodist Church Home.
Member board New York Deaconess Association and Methodist Church Home.
Married Henry Pfeiffer, March 7, 1882.