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Dr George Paul Butler

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Dr George Paul Butler

Birth
Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
Oct 1977 (aged 76–77)
Cape Coral, Lee County, Florida, USA
Burial
Greensboro, Caroline County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
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Pastorates (Methodist Minister): Oconto, WI; Marion, WI; Menasha, WI; Alloway, NJ; Little Silver, NJ; 1920-1924
Head English Dept, West Side YMCA Schools, NYC, 1924-1927
Head Dept History, Silver Bay School, 1928-1929
Professor history, lecturer on English and American Constl history, Southwestern University, Los Angeles, 1929-1938
English faculty, Los Angeles Jr College, 1936-1938
Head dept, English lit., Chapman College, Los Angeles, 1936-1938
Editor, mgr. books, chs., Schs., religious and book editor NY Mirror, 1938-1963
Recipient Freedoms Foundation citation, 1956
Certificate for contribution to understanding and good will, National Conference Christians and Jews, 1956
USAF citation, 1956
Mem. Author's Club NY
Author, editor: Best Sermons, vols. I-XII, 1943-1973 (1st worldwide anthologies contemporary preaching, selected from 58 countries); Butler's South America, 1960; Butler's Mexico, 1960; Butler's Caribbean, 1960; Great Catholic Sermons, 1964-1971; Butler's Europe, and the Mediterranean, 1973; Butler's The Orient, Hawaii, The Pacific and Round the World, 1973
Pastorates (Methodist Minister): Oconto, WI; Marion, WI; Menasha, WI; Alloway, NJ; Little Silver, NJ; 1920-1924
Head English Dept, West Side YMCA Schools, NYC, 1924-1927
Head Dept History, Silver Bay School, 1928-1929
Professor history, lecturer on English and American Constl history, Southwestern University, Los Angeles, 1929-1938
English faculty, Los Angeles Jr College, 1936-1938
Head dept, English lit., Chapman College, Los Angeles, 1936-1938
Editor, mgr. books, chs., Schs., religious and book editor NY Mirror, 1938-1963
Recipient Freedoms Foundation citation, 1956
Certificate for contribution to understanding and good will, National Conference Christians and Jews, 1956
USAF citation, 1956
Mem. Author's Club NY
Author, editor: Best Sermons, vols. I-XII, 1943-1973 (1st worldwide anthologies contemporary preaching, selected from 58 countries); Butler's South America, 1960; Butler's Mexico, 1960; Butler's Caribbean, 1960; Great Catholic Sermons, 1964-1971; Butler's Europe, and the Mediterranean, 1973; Butler's The Orient, Hawaii, The Pacific and Round the World, 1973

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