Villi Kangro papers

(also Villi William Kangro, Villibald Voldemar Kangro) April 27, 1914 (Tartu, Estonia) - January 17, 1993 (New York, USA) Father: Johann (Juhan) Kangro 1866-1941; mother: Olga Vesso Kangro 1886-1960); wife: Virve Kangro (nee Torro, married in 1941); son: Lauri Kangro (09/11/1943, Estonia - 03/04/1969, Vietnam). Studied at Hugo Treffner Gymnasium (graduated in 1934) and University of Tartu (graduated Faculty of Law 1939 cum laude). Worked as an assistant at the university and later as an industrial inspector. Chairman of the craftsmen union (Käsitöösturite Ühing) and a clerk at an association for craftsmen and small manufacturers (Väike- ja Käsitöösturite Ühing). Fled to Germany in 1944. Studied at the University of Tübingen (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen), but did not complete his PhD. Chairman of the Estonian Committee and deputy chairman of YMCA in Saulgau, Germany. Emigrated to the US in 1950 with his family. Worked as a cab driver and as a pharmacy assistant in New York. Studied architecture to become a draftsman, later worked as a field inspector at a construction company Bloch, Hesse & Shalat. Kangro led an active social life - member of the election committee of the Estonian American National Council (Eesti Rahvuskomitee Ühendriikides, ERKÜ) and the council of elders of the Estonian Educational Society (Eesti Haridusselts), chairman of the congregational board of St. Paul Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church in New York (EELK New Yorgi Pauluse Kogudus) and the Foundation for Estonian Arts and Letters (Eesti Kultuurifond), clerk-treasurer and honorary member of the Estonian Scientific Association in America (Eesti Teaduslik Ühing), founding member and chairman of the board of Hugo Treffner Gymnasium alumni association in the US and chairman of Ugala academic corporation alumni association in the US.