Harold Sherk
Harold Sherk | |
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| Born | December 20, 1903 Berlin, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | February 28, 1974 (aged 70) Kitchener, Ontario, Canada |
| Education | Chicago Evangelistic Institute, 1922-25 |
| Occupation(s) | Teacher, Emmanuel Bible College, 1940-44, 1946-49; executive secretary, Mennonite Central Committee, Peace Section, 1949-58; executive secretary, National Service Board for Religious Objectors, 1958-69; Mennonite minister |
John Harold Sherk (20 December 1903 – 28 February 1974) was a Canadian
Early life and background
Sherk was born in
German Company Tract. The family had previously lived in Switzerland before emigrating to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1727.[7]
Peace activism
As the first secretary of the Conference of
Canadian federal government.[3] In India from 1944 to 1946, under the auspices of the Mennonite Central Committee he implemented what grew to be, by the 1980s, a million-dollar relief program.[1] Soon afterwards in Akron, Pennsylvania he became the first full-time employee of the Peace Section of Mennonite Central Committee, and "his efforts to protect the rights of conscientious objectors was evident in the 1951 U.S. military draft law" known as the Universal Military Training and Service Act.[8]
From the late 1950s to 1969, in Washington, D.C. Sherk was the executive secretary of the
American federal government. His legacy may be summarized as, "From World War II through the Korean and Vietnam wars, J. Harold Sherk was a leader in promoting Christian pacifism."[8]
References
- ^ a b Hackman, Walter (March 8, 1974). "A Peacemaker in Memoriam: J. Harold Sherk". MCC News Service.
- ^ Kroeker, Dave (April 1, 1974). "The Boys from the CO Camps Remembered Harold Sherk". Mennonite Reporter. p. 9.
- ^ a b Lapp, John A. (July 1970). "The Peace Mission of the Mennonite Central Committee". The Mennonite Quarterly Review. Vol. 44. pp. 281–97.
- ^ "John Hubert "Hubert" Sherk". Waterloo Region Generations. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
- ^ "Rev. Moses Sherk". Waterloo Region Generations. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
- ^ "Joseph Schoerg". Waterloo Region Generations. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
- ^ "Joseph Schörg". Waterloo Region Generations. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
- ^ ISBN 0-313-22565-6.