Raised on a prune farm in rural Oregon, in a family with deep religious roots, Dr. Norval Hadley thought he might be a pastor someday. But after the farm boy and his friends won a barbershop harmony contest, everything changed.
During his twenty-eight years at World Vision, Dr. Norval Hadley was an assistant to the founder, Dr. Bob Pierce; to the second president; and to the director of U.S. Ministries. Dr. Hadley also served as Director of World Vision Relief and as Director of Prayer Ministries. He later administered Friends mission work in more than seven countries as Executive Director of Evangelical Friends Mission. Dr. Hadley is a founder of the New Call to Peacemaking, a national cooperative movement of Friends, Brethren and Mennonites; and a member of the National Prayer Committee.
