Pieces of History: The Stories Behind the Street Names of Wilmore, Kentucky

Mark R. Elliott, retired professor of history, earned a B.A. cum laude from Asbury University (1969) and an M.A. (1971) and Ph.D. (1974) in modern European and Russian history from the University of Kentucky. He taught at Asbury University (KY); Wheaton College (IL); Samford University (AL); and Southern Wesleyan University (SC). In addition to teaching, Dr. Elliott held administrative posts for 19 years as director of the Institute for East-West Christian Studies (Wheaton College) and as director of the Global Center (Beeson Divinity School, Samford University).Dr. Elliott is the author of Pawns of Yalta: Soviet Refugees and America's Role in Their Repatriation (University of Illinois Press, 1982) and over 170 articles and reviews. He is the editor or co-editor of five reference works dealing with Christianity in the Soviet Union and is founding editor of the quarterly East-West Church and Ministry Report, which received five Awards of Merit from the Evangelical Press Association. He served as editor of the East-West Church and Ministry Report for 25 years (1993-2017) and now serves as editor emeritus.Dr. Elliott has made numerous trips to Russia and Central and Eastern Europe since 1974. His travels have involved teaching; negotiating, and leading a student exchange program with Moscow State University; helping launch a program of international adoption of handicapped Russian orphans; hosting Moscow conferences on business ethics and the role of women in the church; on-site evaluations of Protestant seminaries; and leading short-term missions working with Russian orphans.Dr. Elliott is a founding trustee of the Russian-American Institute (Moscow) and previously served as a trustee of Asbury University (Wilmore, KY). He and his wife Darlene have four grown children adopted from Vietnam and Colombia and four grandchildren.Contact information: Dr. Mark R. Elliott, Editor Emeritus, East-West Church Report, Asbury University, One Macklem Drive, Wilmore, KY 40390; 859-858-2427; emark936@gmail.com; www.eastwestreport.org.