Background
Born 27 November 1875 in Frederick, Maryland, the son of Charles D. Reifsnider and Elizabeth Shriver, grandson of Union General, Edward Shriver.
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Charles Shriver Reifsnider
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Reifsnider was educated at Heidelberg University, and Bexley Hall seminary, graduating from Kenyon College prior ordination in 1901.
Career
During his mission years in Japan from 1904 to 1941 he also served as the President of Rikkyo University from 1912 to 1940. Early Life and He served as suffragan bishop of North Tokyo from 1924 to 1935, and on Bishop McKim"s retirement, as bishop for the same diocese from 1935 to 1940. As well as serving as President of Rikkyo University he also served as President of Saint Margaret"s College from 1935 to 1941.
Apart from his church mission and educational work, Reifsnider was noted for his outspoken criticism of the Immigration Acting of 1924 that sought to impose quotas on Japanese immigration into the United States.
In the early 1930s Reifsnider was also reported as being initially supportive of the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, arguing that what Japan had done in Manchuria should be likened to French actions in Morocco, Italian actions in Tripoli and United States actions in Panama. Reifsnider, through church ministry and a combination of organizational and political skill, did much to support Japanese Episcopalian church leaders and their congregations interned during the war under Executive Order 9066.
Reifsnider retired from formal church ministry in 1947 and died in Pasadena, California on March 16, 1958.
