Porter, G. Scott
Person
Biography
G. Scott Porter was born in Alta, Iowa in 1903. He attended Iowa State Teachers College and Princeton Theologiocal Seminary. He was an ordained Presbyterian minister. He served as pastor for the Presbyterian church in Sioux City in the early nineteen-forties. He was in Alaska for about eighteen months in the ealry war years with the civilian crews working onthe Alcan Highway. Subsequently, he became a Red Cross chaplian and served in the Panama Canal Zone.
From a biographical sketch provided by his daughter, Bess Naujoks.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
G. Scott Porter Alcan Highway and Panama Canal Papers
Collection
Identifier: MsC1129
Abstract
Correspondence, notes, narrative, and photographs related to the building of a portion of the Alcan Highway; slides from the Panama Canal zone.
Dates:
1940-1959
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections