John Mott

This article is about the leader of the YMCA. For the Revolutionary War soldier, see John Mott (captain). For the U.S. Representative from New York, see John De Mott. For the mid-20th Century New Jersey Quaker leader, see Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors.
John Raleigh Mott
Mott circa 1946
Born(1865-05-25)May 25, 1865
Livingston Manor, Sullivan County,
New York, U.S.
DiedJanuary 31, 1955(1955-01-31) (aged 89)
Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Alma materUpper Iowa University[1]
Cornell University (B.A.)
OccupationActivist
Organization(s)YMCA, World Student Christian Federation
SpouseLeila Ada White (m. 1891)
Parent(s)John Mott Sr.
Elmira (Dodge) Mott
AwardsNobel Peace Prize (1946)
The United States - Mexico Commission. Standing from left to right are: Stephen Bonsal, Attache of the State Department and Advisor to the American Commission; American Secretary of State Robert Lansing; Eliseo Arredondo, the Mexican ambassador designate, and Leo Stanton Rowe, the Secretary to the American Commission. Sitting from left to right are John Mott of New York City; Judge George Gray of Wilmington, Delaware; Secretary of the Interior Franklin Knight Lane; Luis Cabrera Lobato, chairman of the Mexican delegation and Secretary of the Treasury of Mexico, Alberto J. Pani, President of the National Railways of Mexico; and Ignacio Bonillas, Minister of Communications and Public Works... The image was taken at the Biltmore Hotel in New York City on September 9, 1916.

John Raleigh Mott (May 25, 1865 – January 31, 1955) was an evangelist and long-serving leader of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the World Student Christian Federation (WSCF). He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946 for his work in establishing and strengthening international Protestant Christian student organizations that worked to promote peace. He shared the prize with Emily Balch. From 1895 until 1920 Mott was the General Secretary of the WSCF. Intimately involved in the formation of the World Council of Churches in 1948, that body elected him as a lifelong honorary President. He helped found the World Student Christian Federation in 1895, the 1910 World Missionary Conference and the World Council of Churches in 1948. His best-known book, The Evangelization of the World in this Generation, became a missionary slogan in the early 20th century.[2]

  1. ^ Jain, Chelsi. "Upper Iowa University". John R. Mott Biographical.
  2. ^ Cracknell & White, 233.