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Dayton, Edward Risedorph was born on April 21, 1924 in Brooklyn. Son of Charles Richard and Florence Eleanor (Risedorph) Dayton.
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Edward Risedorph Dayton, Business executive, author. Ford Foundation fellow, 1964. Chairman planning committee Lake Avenue Congressional Church; board advisors Latin American Mission, Just Life; member of advisory board Evangs. for Social Action. With United States Army, 1942-1946. Member American Science Affiliation, American Society Missiology, Psi Upsilon.
Education
Bachelor of Science, New York University, 1948. Master of Divinity, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, 1967. Doctor of Humane Letters, Asuza (California)-Pacific University, 1990.
Career
Head engineering section, Sperry Gyroscope Company, Lake Success, New York, 1948-1959;
assistant engineering director systems, Lear Siegler, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1959-1964;
assistant to president, Lear Siegler, South Gate, California, 1964-1966;
founder, director, Missions Advanced Research & Community Center, Monrovia, California, 1966-1980;
vice president, World Vision International, Monrovia, 1980-1985;
senior vice president, World Vision International, 1985-1989;
vice president-at-large, World Vision/United States, Monrovia, since 1989. Editor North America Protestant Ministries Overseas directory, 1968, 70, 73, 76, Medicine and Missions, 1969, Unreached Peoples 79, 82, 83. Lectr.in field; Adjunct Professor Fuller Theological Seminary, 1967-1979, Institute Christian Organizational Development, 1982, Tools for Time Management, The Art of Management for Christian Executives, Strategy for Living, Strategy for Leadership, The Christian Executive, What Ever Happened to Commitment, Faith That Goes Further, Medicine and Mission, That Everyone May Here, Planning Strategies for World Evangelization, etc.
Trustee Daystar Communications, Dove Associations.
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Membership
Chairman planning committee Lake Avenue Congressional Church. Board advisors Latin American Mission, Just Life. Member of advisory board Evangs. for Social Action.
With United States Army, 1942-1946. Member American Science Affiliation, American Society Missiology, Psi Upsilon.
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Connections
Married Marjorie Buermann, October 11, 1944. Jill Dayton Davis, Patricia Dayton Edwards, Leigh Dayton Fitz, Robert J.
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Political Party
Republican