Category:Darius Alton Davis

Darius Alton Davis (6 May 1883 - 1970) organized the YMCA in Europe.

He was born on 6 May 1883 in Skerry, New York. He worked on the family farm in Malone, New York. In 1903, he graduated from the Franklin Academy in Malone, New York. He then attended Syracuse University from 1903 to 1907, majoring in theology. In 1905 he was elected president of Syracuse University's YMCA chapter, and he graduated from the institution in 1907. He then became the religious director for the YMCA in Washington, D.C. After World War I Davis was appointed as the senior YMCA representative for all of Europe, where he organized YMCA chapters in several countries. In 1925, he became secretary of the national YMCA council in Switzerland, and in 1931 was he was named the associate general secretary of the World YMCA, based in Geneva, Switzerland. He died in May 1970 in Westwood, New Jersey.

Darius Alton Davis 

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Date of birth	6 May 1883 Skerry
Date of death	May 1970 Westwood
Country of citizenship	United States of America
Employer	World Alliance of YMCAs
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