John Young Aitchison

Background

Aitchison, John Young was born on May 27, 1868 in Cascade, Iowa, United States. Son of William, Junior, and Harriet Amelia A.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Des Moines College, 1893, Master of Arts, 1894, Doctor of Divinity, 1904. Division School, University of Chicago, 1893-1896.

Career

Ordained Baptist ministry, 1896. Pastor 1st Church, Wasco, Illinois, 1894-1895, 1st Church, Maywood, 1895-1896, Garfield Park Church, Milwaukee, 1896-1898, 1st Church, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1898-1902, 1st Church, Galesburg, Illinois, 1902-1909. Secretary American Baptist Home Missionary Society, Chicago, 1909-1912.

Joint district secretary American Baptist Home Mission Society and American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, Chicago, 1912-1916. Home secretary American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, 1916-1919. General director General Board of Promotion of Northern Baptist Convention, since 1919.

Home: Yonkers, New York.

Connections

Married Estella Viola Sutton, August 5, 1896.

Father:

William Aitchison

Mother:

Harriet Amelia Aitchison

Spouse:

Estella Viola Sutton