Background
McCurdy, John R. was born on April 4, 1890 in Princeton, Maine, United States. Son of John and Augusta Evelyn (Heath) McC.
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John R. McCurdy
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AB, Clark University, 1912; postgraduate, Washington State College, 1913-1916; AM, Columbia Teachers College, 1925; postgraduate, Columbia Teachers College, 1936-1938; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Springfield College, 1953.
Career
Teacher, Suffield (Connecticut) School for Boys, 1912-1913; with, Young Men’s Christian Association, 1916-1952; graduate secretary intercollegiate branch, New York City, Young Men’s Christian Association, 1916-1917; executive secretary, Young Men’s Christian Association, 1920-1925; camp secretary Plattsburg Barracks and Camp Mills, Young Men’s Christian Association, 1917; executive secretary Bronx Union branch, Young Men’s Christian Association, 1925-1938; Chairman of Commission secretarial training, New York City, Young Men’s Christian Association, 1925-1935; general secretary New Haven branch, Young Men’s Christian Association, 1938-1945; metropolitan general secretary, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Young Men’s Christian Association, 1946-1953; Chairman of Commission physical education national council, United States and Canada, Young Men’s Christian Association, 1936; chairman professional education committee, Young Men’s Christian Association, 1943-1953; member of national council, Young Men’s Christian Association, 1947-1952; president, George Williams College, Chicago, 1953-1961, retired; vice Chairman of the Board with special responsibility development program, George Williams College, Chicago, from 1961.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman Bronx Council Social Agilysys, 1933-1935. Chairman of Commission regional organization social work Welfare Council New York City. Board directors Bronx Big Brothers.
Board dirs.Welfare Council, Toronto, chairman division recreation, 1950-1952. Board directors S.E. Chicago Commission, from 1953. Board directors Welfare Council Metropolitan Chicago, from 1958, chairman Division III, 1956-1958.
Second lieutenant American Expeditionary Force, 1918-1919. Director 2d Army Young Men’s Christian Association, France, 1919. Member Young Men’s Christian Association of the United States (member of national county 1933), Quandrangle Club (Chicago), University Club (Chicago), New Haven Kiwanis, Rotary (Toronto), Kappa Delta Pi.
Connections
Married Lucy G. Poter, March 24, 1920 (deceased October 1958). 1 child, Jean McCurdy Vanderwiel. Married Nancy M. Miner, June 14, 1959.
