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Romania tour, 470, 540–44
Roosevelt, Franklin, 5, 413
Roosevelt, Theodore, 408
Root, Bob, 320
Rosen, Rabbi, 541
Ross, Dick, 174, 175, 435, 436
Rowlandson, Maurice, 296, 571, 677, 698
Roy, Stapleton, 629
Ruanda-Urundi Crusade, 347–48
Ruhm, Thomas, 304–5
Rule, Elton, 472
Rusk, Dean, 375, 398
Ruth and Billy Graham Children’s Health Center, 655
Ruth Graham & Friends, 720
Sacramento (CA) Crusade, 356
Sadat, Anwar, 497
Safari for Souls (McMahan), 341
Saigon (North Vietnam), 469
Saint, Rachel, 564
Sakharov, Andrei, 519
Salinger, Pierre, 389, 390
Salisbury, Harrison, 379
Samaritan’s Purse, 352, 439, 577, 580, 720, 727, 731
San Antonio (TX) Crusade, 660
San Diego Crusade (1964), 370
San Diego Crusade (2003), 370
San Francisco Crusade, 295, 356, 642
San Juan (Puerto Rico) Crusade, 639, 654
Sanny, Lorne, 211, 247, 250–51, 300, 308
Sarnoff, David, 180–81
Sawyze, John Cameron, 309
Scarborough, Lee, 49
Scharf, Kurt, 562
Scherer, Roland, 681
Schirger, Dr. (Mayo Clinic), 425
Schneider, Margot, 245, 515
Schneider, Peter, 245, 515
Schumer, Charles, 729
Scotland Crusade
concerns over the, 247–48
impact of the, 253–54
meetings, 249–53
missing Ruth during, 251–52, 711
Scottish Christians and the, 248–49
support during, 249–50
Tell Scotland invitation, 246
Scott, Randolph, 15, 443
Scroggins, Noble, 640–41
Seattle Crusade, 37
Selassie, Haile, 348, 349, 565
Sellers, Neil, 645
Seoul Crusade, 275
Shah of Iran, 280–81, 693
SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Powers in Europe), 188–90
Sharon Presbyterian Church, 66, 75–76
Shaw, Bernard, 585
Shayevich, Adolph, 524
Shea, Elaine, 675
Shea, Erma, 675
Shea, George Beverly “Bev”
adventure on single-engine plane, 130–33
in Chicago Crusade, 370
in Europe, 229, 233, 240, 247
interactions with presidents, 200, 451
Los Angeles Campaign participation, 144, 148, 155, 156
at the New York City Crusade (2005), 729
newspaper rumors about, 512
part of Australia Crusade, 331
part of the New York City Crusade (1957), 311, 312
as part of the Team, 126, 161, 182, 432, 670, 674–75
and the radio decision, 177, 178
sings at Atlanta Crusade, 186
on Songs in the Night, 85–86
in Vietnam, 415, 416
Shea, Karlene, 675
Shea, Ron, 675
Shea Stadium (NY), 324
Sheen, Fulton J., 700–702
Sheerin, John, 566
Sheffield (England), 637–38
Sherrill, Elizabeth, 434
Sherrill, John, 434
Shevardnadze, Eduard, 546
Shoemaker, Samuel, 304, 314
Shriver, Eunice, 423
Shriver, R. Sargent, 397, 417, 423
Shufelt, Marge, 101
Shufelt, Stratton, 98, 101
Shuler, Jack, 101
Siberia trip, 522–23
Siberian Seven, 506–9
Sidney Myer Music Bowl (Austrailia), 329–30
Sinatra, Barbara, 530, 536
Sinatra, Frank, 530, 536, 537
Singapore Crusade, 275
Skansen Park (Stockholm), 240
Smathers, George, 393, 394, 400
Smith, Al, 94, 390
Smith, Arthur, 208
Smith, Gipsy, 45, 163, 164
Smith, Michael W., 648
Smith, Oswald J., 46, 272
Smith, Tedd, 163, 186, 277, 361, 670, 674
Smith, Wilbur, 287
Smyth, Ethel, 482, 516, 675
Smyth, Walter
attends dedication of Billy Graham Nagar (India), 439
in Australia, 326, 329, 334
as chairman of ICIE, 575
coordinating YFC efforts, 93
death of, 732
in eastern Europe, 385, 447, 477, 481, 515, 516, 541, 543
involvement in the radio decision, 177–80
in Ireland, 427, 430
negotiating Billy’s Moscow trip, 499
as part of the Team, 670, 675
work on the London Crusade, 227
Snow, William P., 372
Snowdon, Lord, 699
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr, 511
Somerville, John, 618
Somerville, Virginia Bell, 596, 617, 618, 733, 737
Somerville, Walter, 618
Songs in the Night (radio show), 85–87, 95
Sorokin, Pitirim, 379
Sorokin, Vladimir, 519–20
South Africa, 430–31
South African Congress on Mission and Evangelism, 430–31
South America tour
Argentina, 372–75, 377
Brazil, 371
Colombia, 364–65
Ecuador, 365–66
Paraguay, 372–74
Peru and Chile, 366–67
planning and politics, 360–62
summing up, 367–68, 376
Uruguay, 374–75
Venezuela, 362–64
South Korea (Republic of Korea), xviii, 195–99, 263, 266, 273, 616
Southern, Dan, 580
Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.)
Christian believers in the, 379
collapse of the, 540, 553
glasnost and perestroika, 546
relations to eastern Europe, 476
ties to revolution in Cuba, 361
treatment of Christians, 506–10, 547
vow of world conquest, 381
Soviet Union tour (1984)
invitation and response, 517–18
Leningrad, 520
meetings and support, 518–20
Moscow, 522, 523–27
Novosibirsk, Siberia, 522–23
Tallinn, 521–22
Spasowski, Romuald, 481
Speer, Robert, 559
Spencer, E.O., 681, 708–9
St. Louis (MO), 727
Stafford, Crook, 28, 29
Stafford, Ervin, 10
Stalin, Joseph, 115
Stam, Helen, 78
Stanwyck, Barbara, 175
Steiner, Joseph, 476
Stephen, St. (Hungarian king), 495, 496
Stephen, the Great (Moldavian king), 542
Stephens, Jack, 651
Stephens, Mary Anne, 651
Stewart, Gloria, 714
Stewart, Jimmy, 714
Stockholm, 240, 241, 254
Stockwood, Mervyn, 256
Stott, John, 220, 256–60, 572–73
Stott, Oliver, 101, 217
Strachan, Ken, 357
Strachan, Ruth, 357
Strauss, Robert, 537
Streater, Johnny, 72, 73, 77
Stricklin, Gil, 565
Stroessner, Alfredo, 372
Stuart, John Leighton, 606
Stuttgart (Germany), 254
Su Guang, 603–4
Sulzberger, Arthur Ochs, 501–2
Sunday, Billy, 18, 21, 38, 150, 163, 164, 167, 283, 303, 672
Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Powers in Europe (SHAPE), 188–90
Swaffer, Hannen, 214–16, 218–19
Swanson, Gloria, 310
Sydenstrick
er, Dr. and Mrs. Absalom, 610
Sydney (Australia) Crusades, 327, 332–33, 337
Symington, Stuart, 212, 221–23
"The Tab" (United Gospel Tabernacle), 66, 67, 78
Tada, Joni Eareckson, 433
Taipei (Formosa), 273
Taiwan, 273
Tallinn (Estonia), 521–22
Tampa (FL), 43, 53
Tampa Gospel Tabernacle, 58
Tan, Charlotte, 607–8
Tandy, Jessica, 593
Tanenbaum, Marc, 301, 509, 511, 536
Tanganyika (Kenya), 347
Tasmania (Australia) Crusade, 331–32
Taylor, Charles, 655
Taylor, Clyde, 391, 560, 562
Taylor, Gardner, 299
Taylor, Herbert J., 369
Taylor, Kerr, 80
Taylor, Ross, 400
Tchividjian, Stephan-Nelson, 735
TEAM (Evangelical Alliance Mission), 361
the Team
and the BGEA, 501, 502, 670–76, 686
Billy’s reflections on the, 670–71, 688, 729
See also Barrows, Cliff; Shea, George Beverly; Smyth, Walter; Wilson, Grady; Wilson, Thomas Walter
TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design)Conference, 730–31
“Tell Scotland,” 246
Templeton, Charles, 98–100, 135–39, 163
Templeton, John, 511
Templeton Award for Progress in Religion, 510–11
ten Boom, Betsie, 434
ten Boom, Corrie, 434, 564
Teng, Philip, 608
Teoctist, Metropolitan, 542
Teresa, Mother, 277
Thatcher, Denis, 533
Thatcher, Margaret, 532, 533, 697
Thielman, Calvin, 400, 401, 411, 582
Thielman, Frank, 582
Thomas, Danny, 186
Thomson, D. P., 251
Three-Self Patriotic Movement, 600–601, 608
Thurmond, Strom, 164, 655
Tibet, 73
Time magazine, 634
Ting, K. H., 599, 602, 604
Tito, Marshal, 384
Titus, Mr. (Telugu translator), 267
Tokyo, 273
Tolbert, William R., 338, 339
Tony (London police officer), 229–30
Townsend, Colleen (later Colleen Evans), 146, 536
Trafalgar Square (London), 230
Transylvania (Romania), 541, 543–44
Treblinka, Poland, 483
Trotman, Dawson, 211, 214, 229, 242, 300
Truman, Harry, xvii, xviii, xix, xxi, xxii, 188, 192, 236, 237, 307
Tsingkiangpu (China), 595–97, 609–12
Tubman, William V. S., 338–39
Turner, Larry, 645, 678
Two-a-Penny (film), 433
Underwood, Cecil, 48, 54, 56–58
University of California, Berkeley, 422
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 422, 423
University of Michigan, 422
University of Sorbonne (Paris), 423
Urbana Missions Conference (Univ. of Illinois), 424
Uruguay, 374–75
U.S. Congress on Evangelism (Minneapolis), 567
U.S.S.R. See Soviet Union
Valenti, Jack, 408
Van Buren, Howard, 64, 67, 72
Van Kampen, Bob, 78–79, 85, 457
Vance, Chuck, 471
Vance, Cyrus, 546
Vance, Susan (formerly Ford), 471
Vannas, Meta, 521
Vatican, 488–89, 535, 619–20
Vaught, W. O., 652
Vaus, Jim, 151, 152, 157, 162
Venezuela, 359, 362–64
Vereb, Jerome, 619
Vereide, Abraham, 202, 203
Vietnam War
Billy’s visits to the troops, 450
Kennedy’s comments on the, 395
legacy of the, 421, 444
meeting with missionaries about, 453–54
toll on Johnson, 414, 415, 418
Village Church (Western Springs Baptist Church), 78–79, 81–82, 84–85, 88–89, 93
Visser ‘t Hooft, Willem, 125, 242
Vladimir of Rus, Prince (Ukraine), 547
Voskuyl, Roger, 66
Wagner, Robert, 313
Wahby, Victor, 350, 424, 425
Walker, Cindy, 175
Waller, Bill, 490
Walters, Barbara, 472
Walton, Bill, 682
Wang Daohan, 606
Wang Mingdao, 613–14
Wanger, Walter, 175
Ward, Charles “Chuck,” 361, 365, 372
Ward, Margaret, 365
Ware, Joe, 709
Warsaw (Poland), 483, 486, 487
Washington, George, 655
Washington D. C. Crusade, 189, 190, 355, 356
Watergate affair, 421, 456–59, 466–68, 493
Waters, Ethel, 322, 358, 459–60
Watson, Bobby, 49–50, 59
Watson, Marvin, 410
Watson, W. T.
on Billy’s Florida Bible Institute application, 42
founder of Gospel Tabernacle (St. Petersburg, FL), 45, 47
management of Florida Bible Institute, 43–44, 46–48
support of Billy’s work, 669
witnesses Billy’s preaching, 49–50
Wayne, John, 148
Weatherhead, Leslie Dixon, 224
Weisiger, Cary, 125
Wellesley University, 422
Wembley Stadium (London), 233, 254, 264
Wesley, Charles, 103, 168, 208, 303
Western Springs Baptist Church (Village Church), 78–79, 81–82, 84–85, 88–89, 93
Wheaton College, 62–65, 368
White, John Wesley, 283, 680
White City Stadium (London), 233
Whitefeather, Chief, 80
Whitefield, George, 167, 168, 208, 303
Whitney, Eleanor Searle, 315
Whitney, Harold, 326
Whitney, Lorin, 156
Wiesbaden (Germany), 254
Wiley, Mike, 707–8
Wilken, Terry, 641
Williams, Bob, 575, 638, 732
Williams, John W., 567
Wills, Stephanie, 544, 686, 757
Willson, Meredith, 186
Wilson, George
death of, 732
involvement in YFC, 93, 102, 116
involvement with Decision magazine, 295, 296
loyalty and dedication of, 119–20
part of New York City Crusade (1957), 310, 321
as part of the Team, 310, 670
president of Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, 685
work for BGEA, 122, 153, 182, 183, 215, 686–87
work on the Berlin Congress, 561
Wilson, Grady
attending Bob Jones College, 39
Australia Crusade participation, 332, 333, 378
behind the Iron Curtain, 380
at Boston Campaign, 161, 162
as childhood friend, 28, 33, 34, 670
establishment of BGEA, 181–82
as Fuller Brush salesman, 35, 36
golfing with Billy, 297, 328, 443
interactions with presidents, xviii, 200, 398, 408–9
Los Angeles Campaign participation, 148, 154, 155
part of Latin America Crusade, 358–61, 373
part of the New York City Crusade (1957), 306, 307, 314, 317, 320
as part of the Team, 670–73, 679
preaching during 1950 Crusades, 164, 165
preaching during the Africa Crusade, 338, 342, 346
and the radio decision, 177, 178
in Scotland, 253
service in the early Campaigns, 123, 126, 127, 129, 130
travels with Billy, 239, 265, 353, 389, 613
on trip to Japan and Korea, 193, 195, 197
on trip to Moscow, 378–80, 518–19, 556
Wilson, Harold, 697
Wilson, Helen, 686
Wilson, Mary Helen, 118<
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Wilson, Thomas Walter “T.W.”
assists with Congressional Medal of Honor design, 655
during Billy’s leg-pain incident, 424, 425
as Billy’s personal assistant, 400, 410, 448, 449, 462, 463, 530, 695, 740
at Bob Jones College, 34, 39
childhood friend of Billy’s, 28, 33
death of, 732
as Fuller Brush salesman, 35–37
in India, 277, 279
Los Angeles Campaign participation, 155, 158
as Montreat office manager, 686
as part of the Team, 670, 673, 675–77, 683
service in YFC, 118
trips to plan Crusades, 189
work at Northwestern, 120, 140
in Yugoslavia, 385
Wilson, Wilma, 148, 328, 378
Wilson-Haffenden, D. J., 218–19
Wimbish, John, 308
Winchell, Walter, 180
Winchester, A. B., 45
Winchester, Lucy, 451
Windsor Castle, 251
Winmill, Joan, 228
Wirt, Sherwood “Woody,” 295, 296
Wittenberg (Germany), 513, 514
Wojtyla, Karol (later Pope John Paul II), 484, 487–89, 599, 619, 626
Wood, Maurice A. P., 237, 257, 259, 582
World Conference of Religious Workers for Saving the Sacred Gift of Life from Nuclear Catastrophe (Moscow), 499–501, 504–6
World Congress on Evangelism (Berlin), 562–67
World Council of Churches, 242, 276, 559–60, 568
World Emergency Fund, 437–39, 541, 632
World Medical Mission, 720
World Vision, 192, 294
World Wide Pictures (WWP; formerly Billy Graham Films), 174–75, 228, 433–37, 673, 675, 686
World Wide Publications, 686
Wyllie, Hugh, 253
Wyrtzen, Jack, 93, 165, 299
Xu Yan, 610–11
Yale University, 304–5
Yang, Andrew, 80
Yeaworth, Irvin S. “Shorty,” 598, 602
Yeltsin, Boris, 553
Yokohama (Japan), 273
Young, Loretta, 533
Youngdahl, Reuben, 267
Youth for Christ (YFC)
birth of international, 92–95
Chicagoland, xviii, 88, 92
and the early Campaigns, 124–25, 128, 129, 158
in England, 101–4, 208
in Europe, 98–100
Frank Phillips and the Oregon Crusade, 173
in the U.S. and Canada, 95–97, 100–101
while at Northwestern, 119–20
Yugoslavia, 384–86, 475
Zagreb (Yugoslavia), 385
Zamperini, Louis, 157
Zeoli, Billy, 467
Zhang Wenjin, 599, 602–3
Zhao Puchu, 603, 607
Zhidkov, Mikhail, 503
Zhu Rongji, 606, 621
Zing, David, 308
Photographic Credits
Grateful acknowledgment is given to the following individuals and organizations for the photographs that appear in this book.
(Note: The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association is abbreviated as BGEA in this list of credits.)