Coleman Jennings

**Coleman Jennings** (12 ga Fabrairu, 1892 - 2 ga Disamba, 1978) ɗan agaji ne na Amurka, shugaban addini, kuma ɗan kasuwa. Ya fara aiki a fannin banki da kuɗi kafin ya yi ritaya da wuri don mai da hankali kan ayyukan agaji da ayyukan al'umma.  Ya kafa reshen Toc H na Washington, DC, kuma, a ƙarshen shekarun 1930 da farkon shekarun 1940, shi ne shugaban Community Chest na Washington, wanda daga baya ya zama wani ɓangare na United Way of America . Jennings kuma ya kasance mai zaman kansa kuma mai magana a Cocin Episcopal .

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Coleman Jennings a ranar 12 ga Fabrairu, 1892, a Johannesburg, Afirka ta Kudu.  Mahaifinsa, Hennen Jennings, injiniyan ma'adinai ne mai ba da shawara ga H. Eckstein & Company da ke Johannesburg  kuma, daga baya, injiniyan ba da shawara ga Ofishin Ma'adinai na Amurka .  Mahaifiyarsa ita ce Mary L. Jennings.  Jennings ya ƙaura tare da iyalinsa zuwa Washington, DC, a 1906.  Ya halarci makarantar kwana a Makarantar Pomfret da ke Pomfret, Connecticut  daga baya ya sami digirin farko na AB a Jami'ar Harvard a 1915.  Ya kuma halarci Makarantar Shari'a ta Harvard na tsawon shekaru biyu. 

## Rayuwa da aiki
Jennings ya yi aiki a rundunar sojin Amurka a lokacin yakin duniya na daya a matsayin Laftanar na farko a rundunar siginar jiragen sama, AEF  A shekarar 1918, ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimaki ga Shugaba Woodrow Wilson a lokacin taron zaman lafiya na Versailles a Faransa.  Bayan dawowa daga yaki a shekarar 1919, Jennings ya sami mukami a reshen Washington na Kamfanin Birnin Kasa . Daga karshe ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin manaja na reshen.  Ya kuma kasance memba na kwamitin gudanarwa na Bankin Kasa na Riggs .  Ya yi aiki a matsayin darakta mai girmamawa a can har zuwa mutuwarsa a shekarar 1978.  A shekarar 1928, Jennings ya yi ritaya daga aiki a fannin kudi don neman taimakon jama'a da hidimar addini da zamantakewa. 

Kafin ya yi ritaya, Jennings ya yi aiki tare da ƙungiyoyin agaji da na agaji daban-daban a shekarun 1920, ciki har da Toc H  da kuma ƙungiyoyin agaji masu alaƙa da juna .  Ya yi aiki a kwamitin ƙungiyoyin agaji masu alaƙa (wanda daga baya aka san shi da "Ƙungiyar Sabis ta Iyali") tsawon shekaru goma  kafin ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban ƙungiyar har zuwa shekarun 1930.  Ya kuma taimaka wajen kafa ƙungiyar Toc H a Amurka, inda ya kafa ƙungiya ta farko a Washington da aka sani da "Mark 1" a shekarar 1929.  Shi ne shugaban kwamitin zartarwa na farko na ƙungiyar Washington Toc H. 

Bayan ya yi ritaya daga aikin kuɗi a shekarar 1928, ya yi shekara guda yana karatun tauhidi a Jami'ar Edinburgh da ke Scotland, kuma a shekarar 1930, ya zama mataimakin sakatare na aikin ɗalibai a Majalisar Ƙasa ta Cocin Episcopal da ke Amurka. A cikin shekarun da suka biyo baya, ya yi tafiye-tafiye a faɗin ƙasar, sau da yawa yana magana a matsayin ɗan ƙasa ga ƙungiyoyin ɗalibai da matasa. Jennings memba ne na Cocin St. John's Episcopal da ke Washington. A cikin shekarun 1930, ya faɗaɗa ayyukansa a ƙungiyoyi daban-daban na agaji da ƙungiyoyi da ke Washington, yana aiki a matsayin darektan Ƙungiyar Zuciya ta Washington, YMCA, Ƙungiyar Matasa ta Arewa maso Gabas, Ƙungiyar Kula da Iyali, da Kwamitin Fita na Lokacin Zafi. An kuma naɗa shi shugaban Sashen Kyauta na Musamman a Akwatin Al'umma na Washington a 1935. Ya kasance yana aiki da Akwatin Al'umma a wani matsayi tun 1928.

A shekarar 1936, ya kafa ƙungiyar "Coleman Jennings Boys' Club" ta farko da ke Amurka a Washington. Membobin ƙungiyar sun yi ayyukan hidima a duk faɗin al'umma.  An kafa ƙungiyar "CJ Club" ta farko a shekarar 1928 a Edinburgh.  A shekarar 1938, wasu ƙungiyoyin Coleman Jennings suna cikin Vermont, Massachusetts, North Carolina, da Ingila.  A watan Fabrairun 1938, an zaɓi Jennings a matsayin shugaban ƙungiyar Community Chest of Washington,  matsayin da ya riƙe har zuwa farkon shekarun 1940.  Haka kuma a shekarun 1930, an naɗa Jennings memba na Hukumar Motsa Jiki ta Cocin Episcopal  kuma memba ne na majalisar cocin Washington National Cathedral .  Aikinsa da cocin National Cathedral ya ci gaba har zuwa shekarun 1940. A shekarar 1948, an zaɓe shi a matsayin Babi na babban cocin, kuma ya yi aiki a kwamitin gine-gine da abubuwan tarihi da abubuwan tunawa na babban cocin.  A shekarar 1961, ya sayi sassaken Heinz Warneke wanda aka fi sani da "Ɗan Batattu" don babban cocin. 

A tsawon rayuwarsa, Jennings aboki ne na kud da kud kuma amintacce ga wasu mutane masu addini da al'adu, ciki har da Reverend Tubby Clayton (wanda ya kafa Toc H)  da Howard Thurman (marubuci, masanin tauhidi, kuma shugaban kare hakkin jama'a).  Jennings ya mutu a ranar 2 ga Disamba, 1978, sakamakon bugun zuciya a Washington, DC yana da shekaru 86.

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