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Richard W. Schramm, Director 
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RALPH ROTT, FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 
AMERICAN BAPTIST WORLD MISSION SUPPORT, DIES
 Word has been received of the death yesterday of the 
Rev. Dr. Ralph R. Rott, executive director of American 
Baptist Churches USA World Mission Support from 1968 to 
1982.
 Rott joined denominational fund-raising in 1958 as a 
field staff person for the American Baptist Convention's 
Council on Missionary Cooperation.  In that role he promoted 
the Christian Higher Education Challenge and the Unified 
Budget in Rhode Island and Connecticut.  He later served as 
associate director of Promotion for Eastern Pennsylvania and 
Delaware; associate director of the Department of General 
Promotion/Division of World Mission Support; and Eastern 
regional counselor for the World Mission Campaign.
 Rott previously had held pastorates in Illinois, 
Wisconsin and New York and was director of the Emmanuel 
Christian Center in Buffalo, N.Y.   He also was a U.S. Army 
chaplain, serving in both World War II and the Korean War.
 Under Rott's leadership of World Mission Support the 
American Baptist Mission Budget grew from $14 million to $32 
million and two new offerings were introduced--One Great 
Hour of Sharing and the Retired Ministers and Missionaries 
Offering.
 Following his retirement Rott served as a fund-raising 
consultant with the Ministers and Missionaries Benefit 
Board.
 Memorial service arrangements are incomplete at 
present.

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