Background
Laubach, Frank Charles was born on September 2, 1884 in Benton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Brittain and Harriet (Derr) Laubach.
Laubach, Frank Charles was born on September 2, 1884 in Benton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Brittain and Harriet (Derr) Laubach.
Mechanical Engineering, Bloomsburg (Pennsylvania) State Normal School, 1901. Student Perkiomen Seminary, 1904-1905. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University, 1909, Doctor of Philanthropy, 1952.
A.M., Columbia University, Doctor of Philosophy., 1915. Doctor of Hebrew Literature, Wooster College, 1950. Student Union Theological Seminary, 1911-1914.
1 son, Robert S. Became associate Spring St. Community House, New York City, 1910. Secretary Charity Organisation Society, New York City, 1914. Evangelical missionary, Cagayan, Misamis, P.I., 1915-1919.
Dean, Union College, Manila, P.I., 1922-1926. Director Maranaw Folk Schools, Lanao, Philippine Islands, since 1930. Conducted literacy tours, India and Near East, 1935, India and Africa, 1937, 39, Mexico, 1941, Central and S.A., 1942-1943, Latin American, 1944, 45, Egypt, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Syria, Irak, Iran, 1947, West and South Africa, 1947-1948, Siam, India, New Guinea, Australia, Korea, 1949, Liberia, Angola, Mozambique, Nyassaland, Tanganyika, Uganda, Ruanda Urundi, French Cameroons, 1950, Algiers, Tripoli, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Burma, Singapore, Malaya, Indonesia, 1951, India, Pakistan and Nepal, 1952-1953.
Chairman of the board of trustees of Silliman University, 1939-1941.
Author: Why There Are Vagrants, 1915. People of the Philippines, 1924. Seven Thousand Emeralds, 1929.
Rizal, Man and Martyr, 1936. Letters of Modern Mystic, 1937. Toward a Literate World, 1939.
India Shall Be Literate, 1940. You Are My Friends, 1942. The Silent Billion Speak, 1943.
Streamlined English Lessons, 1945. Prayer, the Mightiest Force in the World, 1946. Story of Jesus, 1946.
Making Everybody’s World Safe, 1947. Teaching the World to Read, 1947. Pray for Others, 1948.
Wake Up or Blow Up, 1951. The Wise Man, 1951. Editor: English Maranaw Dictionary, 1937. Moro Folklore, 1939
Lanao Progress, 1928-1941.
Clear Horizons, 1947. Co-author, more than 200 primers for illiterate adults in over 165 langs., in 51 countries.
Mason (32 degree), Congregationalist.
Married Effa Seely, May 15, 1912.