Background
Petitt, Clifford Walter was born on February 7, 1890 in Concordia, Kansas, United States. Son of I.M. and Anna (Garner) Petitt.
religious organization executive
Petitt, Clifford Walter was born on February 7, 1890 in Concordia, Kansas, United States. Son of I.M. and Anna (Garner) Petitt.
Graduate, Concordia Normal College, 1908; graduate, Salt City College Business, 1909; student, George Williams College, Peking School Chinese Studies, 1918-1919.
Assistant secretary Young Men’s Christian Association, Hutchinson, Kansas, 1911-1913, finance secretary, LaFayette, Indiana, 1913-1915, general secretary, LaPorte, 1915-1918. Secretary international committee Young Men’s Christian Association, assigned business management, training national committee Young Men’s Christian Association of China, 1918-1924, personnel, management, 1926-1931. General secretary Young Men’s Christian Association, Tsingtao, China, 1924-1926.
Business secretary West Side Young Men’s Christian Association, New York City, 1931-1934. Executive director Seamens House Young Men’s Christian Association, 1934-1936. General secretary Foreign Young Men’s Christian Association, Shanghai, China, 1936-1939.
Business manager Young Men’s Christian Association New York City, 1939-1948. Executive director Protestant Council New York City, 1948-1954. Associate executive Puerto Rico Young Men’s Christian Association, 1954-1955.
Assisted New York Committee Billy Graham, 1957, Crusade in New York, 1956. Executive and secretary-treasurer Alliance Young Men’s Christian Association North America, from 1957.
President China Famine Relief, United States of America, Inc., 1946-1952. Vice president United Service to China. President International Association Retired Secretaries Young Men’s Christian Association.
Secretary-treasurer Employed Officers Alliance Young Men’s Christian Association. Chairman World Service Fellowship, Halifax Area Health, Welfare and Recreation Planning Council. Member Overseas Rotary Fellowship.
Chairman board deacons Riverside Church, 1947-1948. Member Shangai Tiffin Club (president 1946-1946) (New York City), Rotary.
Married Ruth Randle, June 14, 1911. Children: Clifford Walter, Richard Randle, Philip Emerson.