Harry E. Trask
a brief biography
Harry
E. Trask was born in Wilton, ME in 1917. He's a graduate of
Wilton Academy, Farmington Normal School, the University of Maine at
Orono, Columbia University in the City of New York, and Nazarene
Theological Seminary. In addition to his military experiences, he
has worked in the textile industry, the aircraft-production industry,
as a public-school teacher, and as a minister in the Church of the
Nazarene. He is retired from the ministry and lives with his
wife, Claralyn, in South Paris, Maine. He is currently writing
about growing up in Wilton and serving as a pastor in The Church of the
Nazarene.
In
addition to his religious and intellectual pursuits, Harry has been a
lifelong athlete and has a roomful of trophies and plaques attesting to
his prowess as a long-distance runner.
Descended from a long list of farmers who were among the original white
settlers of Maine, the first of whom, Samuel Trask, was captured by
Native Americans at a young age, Harry was the first in his family to
pursue advanced study after earning his bachelor's degree from the
University of Maine. He's the father of four, grandfather of
eleven, and great-grandfather of one. He's the patriarch of a
family that's multiracial, multicultural, and multiliingual.
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