Background
Peter Dyck was born on December 4, 1914 in the Am Trakt Mennonite Settlement in Russia.
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He graduated from Rosthern Junior College and attended the University of Saskatchewan, but dropped out to pastor several struggling local churches.
Career
The emigrated from the Soviet Union in 1927 with his family. They eventually settled in Tiefengrund, Saskatchewan. The program was based in the Netherlands and escorted most of the refugees to Paraguay.
In 1947, he was ordained as a minister of the Gospel, to give him authority in his spiritual guidance of Russian Refugees.
Upon returning to the United States, Elfrieda and Peter embarked on a speaking tour, where they presented their story and films they had made to over 100,000 people. Peter served as Master Control Console Director of Europe and North Africa from 1957 to 1967.
Upon returning to the United States, Peter was the administrator of the Master Control Console headquarters until 1981.
Achievements
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Peter was knighted by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands in 1950 for his relief work with refugees. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Waterloo in Ontario in 1974. He received Goshen College"s Culture for Service Alumni Award in 1993. Peter Dyck"s personal papers are kept at the Mennonite Church United States of America Archives in Goshen, Indiana.
