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Higher Education |
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College |
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Consulting |
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Global |
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Education Non-Profit Organization Management |
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Rotary International YMCA Committees and Boards, including the OhioWest Virginia Area Board from 1976-1980 Midwest Field Committee from 1980-1990 National Board from 1984-1992 and the International Committee from 1978-2001 |
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His first professional position within the YMCA was as a youth director at the Marion, Ohio YMCA, a post he held from 1949-1954. From 1955-1968, Ludwig worked in Ethiopia as a YMCA World Service executive helping to expand that country's YMCA from one association in Addis Ababa to twenty-three centers in eighteen cities. In 1968 he became the executive director of YMCA education and income production for the International Committee, traveling extensively across the country raising money for World Service work. In 1975 Ludwig became president of Defiance College in Defiance, Ohio. He stayed at this post until his retirement in 1994. During that period, five new buildings were constructed. |
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Dedicated in Loving Memory to his Wife, Ruth. They were married for 59 Years. |
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BA in Physical Education - Ohio Wesleyan University Doctorate of Human Letters - George Williams College Doctorate of Technical Letters - Northwest Technical College |
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The Bible |
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Sketching |
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Under his leadership, the organization became the first non-governmental organization to receive the Haile Selassie First Prize Trust Award for outstanding achievements in humanitarian activities. Another achievement of Ludwig's was the training of indigenous leadership, which eventually led to total Ethiopian leadership of the YMCA and the appointment of the first Ethiopian to serve as National Executive Secretary. Also during this time, three YMCA buildings were constructed with only three percent of the support coming from overseas. |
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Haile Selassie First Prize Trust Award for Outstanding Achievements in Humanitarian Activities |
