William Allen High School Alumni
Allentown, Pennsylvania (PA)
Melvin Dieter
William Allen High School
Class of 1942
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MELVIN'S PROFILE
First Name | Melvin |
Last Name | Dieter |
Graduation Year | Class of 1942 |
Gender | Male |
Current Location | Lyndhurst, Virginia |
Hometown | Allentown, Pennsylvania |
Relationship Status | Married |
About Me | Retired. Wesleyan Minister, Asbury Seminary Professor emeritus of Church History and Historical Theology and Chairman emeritus, Houghton College Board of Trustees. Right out of high school, enlisted in the US Navy's V- 12 Officer's Training Program at Muhlenburg Col. in Dec. 1942 . Was chosen from my unit to go to the Naval Meteorology program at the Call Tech. but eventually received my U.S.Naval officer's commission as an at Cornell Univ. in 1944 as an Ensign and was immediately assigned to the Naval Oriental Languages School at the Univ. of Colorado as a Cantonese intelligence specialist trainee and final assignment to the Naval Intelligence Center in Washingtjon, D.C. in June of 1946. In Aug. 1946 was released from active duty into the USNR and in Sept began teaching at Allentown Bible Institute later United Wesleyan College. After serving a total of nine years in active and reserve duty resigned my commission in 1952 when I was ordained as a minister and serving as high school principal and professor at Eastern Pilgrim College. Since then -former pastor, denominational administrator, high school, college , university and seminary faculty member and principal, dean, provost, assistant to the president, president, director of a research project funded by a $306,000 grant from the Pew Foundation Charitable Trusts,.First denominational Secretary of Education of the newly-merged Wesleyan Church. author, editor, and contributor to numero...(read more) |
Class of 1942 Alumni and Other Nearby Classes
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Class of 1984
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Class of 1997
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Class of 1998
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Class of 1991
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Class of 2002
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Class of 1997
Mary Ann Zambrowski
Class of 2001
Molly Donaldson
Class of 1976
Becky Carter
Class of 1988
John Beckum
Class of 1954
Daniel Riedy
Class of 1987
Terry Conrad
Class of 1984
William Glose
Class of 1957
Dale Orcurto
Class of 1961
Jonah Stephen
Class of 2015
Todd Hittinger
Class of 1982
Jane Viener
Class of 1965
Robert Brong
Class of 1978
Dave Edinger
Class of 1993
Mariseli Maldonado
Class of 2010
Todd Fenstermacher
Class of 1970
Martin Igo
Class of 1982
Raphel Berrien
Class of 1990
Richard Nemchik
Class of 1985
Recent Class of 1942 Reunions
Plan a Class of 1942 Reunion for Free
50th Reunion, Class of 1964
Invited Classes: All Classes
Date: Sep 20, 2014
Description: 9 AM Sat 9/20/14 Tour of William Allen High School 1 PM Sat 9/20/14 Golf Outing, Shepherd Hills Golf Club, Wescosvill...(read more)