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Hershberger, Guy F. (Guy Franklin), 1896-1989
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1896-1989
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Born in Kalona, Iowa, Guy F. Hershberger (b. December 3, 1896; d. December 29, 1989) began teaching history at Goshen College in 1925, where he was head of the Peace Society. He served as chairman of the (Mennonite Church) Committee on Economic and Social Relations (Industrial Relations) 1939-1965 and was author of numerous books on issues of war, nonresistance and social concerns. He was an editor on the board of the Mennonite Historical Society, the Mennonite Quarterly Review (MQR) and Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History (SAMH). He served as MQR editor, 1963 - 65. Hershberger was the leading interpreter of Anabaptist-Mennonite history, with a view to applying this tradition of faith and history for his day, attempting to make it practical within the current social and political context(s).
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