Paul Erb

Background

Erb, Paul was born on April 26, 1894 in Newton, Kansas, United States. Son of Tillman M. and Lizzie (Hess) Erb.

Education

Student, Hesston (Kansas) College, 1915-1916; student, University Chicago, 1939-1942; Bachelor, Bethel College, 1918; Master of Arts, State University Iowa, 1923.

Career

Instructor English, Hesston College, 1917-1940; acting dean, Hesston College, 1924-1929; registrar, Hesston College, 1929-1933; dean, Hesston College, 1933-1940; Professor of English, Goshen College, 1940-1945; ordained to Ministry Mennonite Church, 1919; editor, Gospel Herald, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, 1944-1962; book editor, Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, 1960-1964. Executive secretary Mennonite General Conference, 1954-1961. Chairman public committee Mennonite Encyclopedia, 1946-1959.

Works

• book

  • Our neighbors south and north : a textbook for the study of Mennonite missions on the perimeter of North America

Membership

President Mennonite Community Association, Mennonite Board Education, 1963-1965. Field representative Mennonite Board Missions and Charities, Elkhart, Indiana, 1962-1964.

Connections

Married Alta M. Eby, May 27, 1917. Children: Winifred (Mistress Milford Paul), J. Delbert.

Father:

Tillman M. Erb

Mother:

Lizzie (Hess) Erb

Spouse:

Alta M. Eby

child:

J. Delbert Erb

child:

Winifred Erb (Mistress Milford Paul)