Other Events:

• Education: Franklin & Marshall College
• Church: United Church of Christ
• Occupation: Minister, College President, Head of YMCA

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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.

Residence:
Address: name missing

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.

Paul married Anna Elizabeth Myers on 17 Jun 1922. Anna was born on 28 Jan 1899 in Pennsylvania; died on 27 Jul 1984 in Asheville, Buncombe County, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]