Background
McCleary, Paul Frederick was born on May 2, 1930 in Bradley, Illinois, United States. Son of Hal C. and Pearl (Aeicher) McCleary.
McCleary, Paul Frederick was born on May 2, 1930 in Bradley, Illinois, United States. Son of Hal C. and Pearl (Aeicher) McCleary.
Bachelor of Arts, Olivet Nazarene University, Kankakee, Illinois, 1952. Master of Divinity, Garrett-Evangelical Seminary, Evanston, Illinois, 1956. Master of Arts, Northwestern University, 1972.
Doctor of Divinity, MacMurray College, Jacksonville, Illinois, 1970.
Ordained to ministry United Methodist Church, 1956. Missionary in Bolivia, 1957-1968. Executive secretary structure study commission United Methodist Church, 1969-1972, assistant general secretary to Latin American, 1972-1975.
Executive director Church World Service, New York City, 1975-1984.
Associate general secretary for research General.Council on Ministries, United Methodist Church, 1984-1987. Executive vice president Save the Children, Westport, Connecticut, 1987-1988.
President Christian Children"s FundInc., 1988-1995, Foreign Children, Incorporated., 1995. Consultant World Bank, Interam.Devel.
Bank; member of advisory county Overseas Development Council.
Member of advisory com.on economic matters World Council Churches. Member commission on African Development Strategies. Member Committee on Dialogue and Development, National Leadership Commision on Health Care, Bretton Woods Committee.
President non-governmental organization commission on United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, CODEL, Christian Century Foundation.
Member Mattell Indiana Monitoring Council. Visiting professor Johns Hopkins School Advanced International Studies.
Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, Latin America Studies Association, Academy Political Science, Rotary, Masons, Alpha Kappa Lambda.
Married Rachel Timm McCleary, January 26, 1951. Children: Leslie Ann, Rachel Mary, John Wesley, Timothy Paul.