Background
Wishard, Luther Deloraine was born on April 6, 1854 in Danville, Indiana, United States. Son of Milton Morris and Mary Eleanor (Baker) Wishard.
Wishard, Luther Deloraine was born on April 6, 1854 in Danville, Indiana, United States. Son of Milton Morris and Mary Eleanor (Baker) Wishard.
Student, Indiana U. and Hanover (Indiana) College. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1877. Post-graduate work in Athens, Edinburgh, and at Union and Princeton theological seminars.
Secretary American Intercollegiate Young Men's Christian Association, 1877-1888. Student secretary World’s Young Men's Christian Association, 1888-1892. Foreign secretary American Young Men's Christian Association, 1892-1899.
Founder and director Forward Missionary Movement, Presbyterian and Congressional denominations, 1898-1902.
Founder and chairman Missionary Education Movement, 1901-1903. Was founder and editor The Intercollegian.
Founder of financial movement for promoting the teaching of the Bible to school children by paid instructors
Member communications of War Council in France, World War. Member Corporation Young Men's Christian Association Training School, Springfield, Massachusetts. Member Sons of the American Revolution, Beta Theta Pi.
Clubs: Princeton (Chicago and New York).
Married Eva Fancher, Vernon, Iowa, July 22, 1884.