The International Committee For The Nanking Safety Zone - Members

Members

The fifteen members of the International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone were as follows:

Name Nationality / Occupation Organization
Miner Searle Bates American professor University of Nanking
JM Hansen Danish businessman Texas Oil Co.
J. Lean American businessman Asiatic Petroleum Co.
Iver Mackay British businessman Butterfield and Swire
John Magee American missionary American Church Mission
Rev. W. Plumer Mills American missionary American Church Mission
P. H. Munro-Faure British businessman Asiatic Petroleum Co.
J.V. Pickering American businessman Standard-Vacuum Co.
John Rabe German businessman Siemens Co.
Charles Riggs American professor University of Nanking
G. Schultze-Pantin German businessman Shingming Trading Co.
P.R. Shields British businessman International Export Co.
Lewis S. C. Smythe American professor University of Nanking
Eduard Sperling German businessman Shanghai Insurance Co.
Dr. CS Trimmer American doctor Nanking University Hospital

George Ashmore Fitch, a missionary active in the humanitarian work, was considered by Rabe to be director of the Committee, though most lists do not mention him as a formal member. These individuals are not be confused with the members of the International Red Cross Committee of Nanking which did similar work. Its 17 members included Robert O. Wilson, an American doctor at Drum Tower Hospital of Nanking University Hospital, James McCallum, an American missionary at the same institution, and Minnie Vautrin, an American missionary at Ginling Girls' College.

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