Paul E. Adolph

Paul Ernest Adolph (August 4, 1901 – 17 June 1972) was an American medical missionary born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. He served the China Inland Mission, now OMF International, from 1929 to 1941, then served in the US Army Medical Corps as a Major from 1941 to 1945. He returned to China to serve one last time from 1946 to 1949. After returning to the United States in 1949, Adolph worked preparing missionaries for overseas work and restoring their health after contracting diseases. Once retired, he served at his sons' hospitals in central Ethiopia and Bangladesh. He opened two hospitals in Luan, Shanxi and in Kaifeng, Henan and played a key role in the negotiations with Japanese military that kept hospitals open to Chinese populations during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Provided by Wikipedia