Warren Arthur Sherk

Background

Sherk, Warren Arthur was born on July 12, 1916 in Buffalo. Son of Warren E. and Jennie (Taylor) Sherk.

Education

Student, Hiram College, 1934—1935. Student, University Rangoon, Burma, 1938—1939. Student, Duke University, 1939—1940.

AB, Allegheny College, 1938. Bachelor's Degree, Berkeley Baptist Division School, 1945. Master of Theology, Berkeley Baptist Division School, 1952.

STD, Burton Seminary, 1958.

Career

Minister Methodist Churches in Western New York, 1941—1943. Visiting professor Iliff School Theology, University Denver, 1945—1947, lecturer, 1982. Field secretary to Pearl S. Buck, 1948—1949.

Minister education Indiana, Pennsylvania, 1949—1951. Minister Waitsburg Methodist Church, 1951—1952, Community Church, Watertown, Massachusetts, 1955—1958, Savanna, Illinois, 1958—1959, United Church, Nogales, Arizona, 1960—1961. Executive Dynamics Foundation, Tucson, since 1962, personal counselor, 1962.

Faculty Phoenix College, 1963—1966, Mesa Community College, Eastern Arizona College, Pima College, 1963—1978. Protestant chaplain Arizona State Prison, 1971—1972. Faculty Western International University, 1984—1990, Portland State University, 1991—1993, LinnBenton Community College, since 1993.

Founder world affairs forums, Watertown, 1956—1957, Mount Carroll, Illinois, 1958—1959, Nogales, 1961—1962, Valley of Sun Forum, Phoenix, 1962—1967. With United Nations Tour Guide Boston Area High School, 1956—1957. Assistant to John F Kennedy on foreign policy speech, Algeria, 1957.

Program chairman International Conference, Northfield, Massachusetts, 1957. Illinois council chapters delegate to World Order Conference, Cleveland, 58. Coordinator Associate Business Executives, Phoenix, 1963—1967.

Consultant special seminars Pepsi Cola Management Institute, 1967—1968. Director business and professional seminars for executives, 1968—1990. Moderator international seminars, 1969—1990.

Lecturer University Durham, England, 1981, Elder Hostels, New York, 1983, Steamship Rotterdam New York City to South Africa, 1984, St. Deinels Library., Wales, 1985.

Achievements

• Warren Arthur Sherk has been listed as a noteworthy counselor, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Wider horizons;: An American student's adventure in world friendship,

Membership

Chairman special gifts division Maricopa County Heart Fund. Corporate; member Perkins School for Blind. Board directors Boston World Affairs Council North-East Association United Nations.

Honorary board governors. Board directors Pearl S. Buck Foundation. Member original committee precursor Peace Corps., 1957.

Fellow: Executives International (founder, executive director 1967-1990), American Geography Society, American Academy Political Science. Member: Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Northwest, American Association of University Professors, National Conference of Christians and Jews, Emerson Society, Newcomen Society, Northwest China Council, Phoenix Committee Foreign Relations Portland World Affairs Council, Tucson Committee Foreign Relations, International Platform Association, National Association Approved Morticians (executive secretary 1967-1969), Theodore Roosevelt Association, International Winston Churchill Society, Maricopa Mental Health Association, Pimeria Alta History Society, Watertown History Society, Thoreau Society, Oregon Writers Colony, English Speaking Union, Kiva Club, Arizona Club, University Club, Theta Chi.

Connections

Married Martha Jean Kritzer, June 11, 1954. Children: Elena East., Adra K., Lydian M., Warren M., Wilson East. Student Hiram College.

Father:

Warren East. Sherk

Mother:

Jennie (Taylor) Sherk

Spouse:

Martha Jean Kritzer

child:

Adra K. Sherk

child:

Elena East. Sherk

child:

Lydian M. Sherk

child:

Warren M. Sherk

child:

Wilson East. Student Hiram College Sherk