Homer Dowdy

Homer Dowdy

Homer Earle Dowdy (1922 – 2002) was an author of several non-fiction books describing the tribulation of Christians in various cultures.

Birth, Education, and Military Service

Homer Earle Dowdy was born July 16, 1922, in Flint, Michigan. He was a 1940 graduate of Flint Public High School. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wheaton College in Illinois in 1947.

During World War II, he served in the Army in the Pacific Theatre from 1943 to 1946.

Career

Assistant news editor, Christian Life and Times, 1947
Editor, The Milepost, a weekly newspaper in Ames, Iowa, 1947 - 1948
Reporter, assistant city editor and columnist, The Flint Journal, 1948 - 1962
Freelance writer, 1962
C.S. Mott Foundation, Flint Michigan, coordinator, vice-president for programs, senior vice-president, 1963 - 1983
Consultant and executive vice-president, Food for the Hungry International, Geneva Switzerland, 1982 - 1987


= Publications [ [ http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?hd=1,1&Search%5FArg=homer%20dowdy&Search%5FCode=NAME%40&CNT=100&PID=06hdEN4k6IQjGJlpx78OebwjMxym&HIST=0&SEQ=20080830230944&SID=1 Library of Congress - list of books for Homer E Dowdy ] ] =

"Building a Christian Home". With Henry R. Brandt. 1960. Wheaton, Ill, Scripture Press, Book Division
"Christians Have Troubles, Too; a psychologist finds the answers in the Bible". With Henry R. Brandt. 1968. Old Tappan, N.J., Revell
"The Bamboo Cross: Christian Witness in the Jungles of Viet Nam". First Editiion. 1964. New York, Harper & Row.
"The Bamboo Cross: Christian Witness in the Jungles of Viet Nam". 1968. London, Hodder & Stoughton.
"Christ's Witchdoctor: From Savage Sorcerer to Jungle Missionary". First Edition. 1963. New York, Harper & Row
"Christ's Witchdoctor: From Savage Sorcerer to Jungle Missionary". 1967. London, Hodder & Stoughton.
"Loving Luddy : A Novel". 1997. Colorado Springs CO: Lion Publishing
"Out of the Jaws of the Lion". First Edition. 1965. New York, Harper & Row

Honors

Honorary doctorate, University of Maryland, 1982
National Recreation and Parks Association citations, 1975 and 1982
Associated Press national citation, 1954
Outstanding Young Man, 1957, Flint Jaycees
American Political Science Association national award, 1956

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