Laubach, << LAW bahk, >> Frank Charles (1884-1970), an American missionary, preacher, and educator, won fame for teaching illiterate peoples to read. His system used symbols to represent phonetic sounds. Laubach first used the system while serving as a missionary in the Philippines from 1915 to 1936. Governments of many countries later sponsored his program. Laubach was coauthor of over 200 primers for illiterate adults in over 165 languages. “Each one teach one” became one of his principles. He was born in Benton, Pennsylvania.
