Rev Paul Moyer Limbert

1897 - 1998  (101 years)

• Name	Paul Moyer Limbert  [1]
  Title	Rev
  Born	27 May 1897	Grove City, Cameron County, PA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Education	Franklin & Marshall College
  Church	United Church of Christ
  Occupation	Minister, College President, Head of YMCA
  Residence	Address: name missing
  Died	24 Dec 1998	Black Mountain, Buncombe County, NC   [2]
  Buried	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120734444/paul-moyer-limbert burial unknown Secretary General of the World Alliance of YMCAs. In 1985 he was named as the first inductee into the YMCA Hall of Fame.
  Person ID	I1326	Kreider Moyer
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	Rev George Elias Limbert,   b. 30 Dec 1865, Madisonburg, Centre County, PA ,   d. 25 Feb 1907, Altoona, Blair County, PA  (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Anna Elizabeth Flora Moyer,   b. 22 Apr 1871, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA ,   d. 10 Oct 1967, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA  (Age 96 years)
  Married	21 Jun 1894
  Family ID	F566	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Elizabeth Myers,   b. 28 Jan 1899, Pennsylvania ,   d. 27 Jul 1984, Asheville, Buncombe County, NC  (Age 85 years)
  Married	17 Jun 1922
  Last Modified	17 May 2018
  Family ID	F567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 27 May 1897 - Grove City, Cameron County, PA Died - 24 Dec 1998 - Black Mountain, Buncombe County, NC  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Kreider family 1913.jpg Bottom step: Elizabeth, Henry and Josephine Kreider. Next step up: Rebecca Moyer Ziegler, Flora Moyer Limbert. Back: Paul Limbert, Henry Kreider, Edwin Ziegler.
  		Kreider Album 004A Taken in the barn of Mary Eliz. Kline Moyer's house in Rebersburg, PA. First row: Sally Bray, Ruth Kreider (baby), Caroline Moyer (hair ribbon), Henry Kreider (directly in front of Carolyn), William Moyer, Joseph Moyer. Second row: Ruth Bray, Josephine Kreider, Emma Moyer, Paul Limbert, William Bray, Joseph Bray, Mary Bray (behind Joseph).
  		Paul Limbert in 1913

  
  

• Notes

  http://www.spfldcol.edu/homepage/dept.nsf/d02dea1c0fc6f99d45256bd800296e8c/d6c7bfcf7e54083f852571b6004ddd91?OpenDocument Paul Limbert is among the most notable YMCA professionals of the Twentieth Century, influencing the YMCA Movement at the local, national and international levels. He earned divinity degrees from both Eastern and Union Theological Seminaries and completed his doctorate in 1929 at Columbia University. After serving as an Army first lieutenant during WWI, he became the physical director at Camp Upton, New York. Limbert held faculty positions at Franklin and Marshall College and Columbia University and was a faculty adviser to the Student YMCA. For six years, beginning in 1946, he was the President of Springfield College, and in 1953 was named the Secretary General of the World Alliance of YMCAs. After retiring from the World Alliance, he accepted the appointment as the Executive Director of the YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly in North Carolina. Limbert authored several books, including Christian Emphasis in YMCA Programs, College Teaching and Christian Values, Living a Century and New Perspective for the YMCA. He was recognized with the Legion of Honor award from France, the L.K. Hall Citation from the Association of Professional Directors and with honorary doctorates from both Springfield and American International Colleges.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] The Meyer Family Tree compiled by John D. Meyer, Tyrone, PA, October 1937. [S40] Death Certificate. [S50] Census.