# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1989_S26 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 26 MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION Wilbert Sohns .......0000... 0. ccc ccccccccccccccccee. 34 Ronald Fink ........0000 0.0... cccccccccccccccccccee 33 Richard Kapfer .........00..00 000. ccceccceccccccees 32 Kurt Marquardt ...........000.00 00 ccccccececcceeeee 32 Paul Spitz 2.00.0... 0c cece ccc ccccceececueeees 29 Eldor Meyer ............0.0... ce cccccecccccccccccees 28 Karl Barth .....00 000000 o ecco ccc cccccceeccceee. 23 John Heins ..........0 0000 cece cece ccccccececccccees 17 Roger Pittelko ..........0.0..0 0 0c ccc cccccccececee eee 17 Oswald Hoffmann .............0.....0000c000ee eee, 16 Orval Oswald ....... 0.00.00. cc cc ccccccccccccceec es 16 Wallace Schulz ........0..0.... ccc ccccccceccccceccee 16 Arnold Kromphardt ...........0...00.cccccceeseeuse 15 Loren Kramer .................cccccccccccccccccceee 12 Erhart Bauer ..........0.......cccccccccccccccccece 10 Theodore Laesch .........0...... ccc cccccucecccccee. 10 David Mulder ..............0. 00.0 cece ccc cecccccceeee. 9 (No first name) Preus ...............cccccccceeeeeees 8 Walter Rosin ..........00 000 ccc cece ccc ccecenccccccee 7 The following received six votes: David Buegler; Charles Mueller, Jr.; Albert Marcis; David Scaer. Five votes: Ray Hartwig; Alvin Kollmann; Ed Westcott; Thomas Zehnder; Orval Mueller. Four votes: Robert Bailey; David Belasic; David Benke: August Bernthal; Gerald Kuhn; Dean Hempelmann; Ar- leigh Lutz; Richard Meyer; Eugene Schmidt; August Suelflow. Three votes: John Bass; O. H. Cloeter; Norm Grote- luschen; John Petersen; Alvin Reimnitz; Donald Sand- mann, Walter Schoedel; Brad Urbach. Two votes: Thomas Baker; Leroy Biesenthal; Stephen Carter; Reuben Garber; William Huener; Richard Krogen; James Kalthoff; Frank Marshall; Ulmer Marshall; Paul Maier; Ron Meyer; Otten Walter; Ralph Phipps; Charles Reimnitz; Delbert Rossin; Fred Skov. One vote: Jeffrey Anderson; Richard Armstrong; Barry Austin; Ernest Bartels; Greg Barth; Kenneth Behnken; George Black; David Bray; Hans Boehringer; Richard Boyer; Paul Brinkman; A. Brondos; Donald Cario; Holger Cattau; Arthur Crosmer; Warren Davis; Richard Dickin- son; Reinhold Dierks; David Dissen; Chris Dodge; David Dressel; Mike Ernst; Duane Feldman; Craig Ford; Henry W. Friedrich; Paul Garchow; Raymond Gianano; Gene Gierke; Ron Goodsman; Alfred Graser; William Griffen; Eugene Gruell; Vern Gundermann; Ray Halm; Ronald Halamka; G. Heckman; Michael Hiller; Martin Hoyer; Douglas Janetzke; David Jentsch; John Johnson; Chris- tian Just; Doug Kabell; Richard Kessler; John Kieschuech; Charles Knippel; Henry Koepchen; Erwin Kostizen; Ray Kringle; Harlan Limmer; Henry Lubben; Ed Lutz; Oscar Marquart; Ray Martens; David Marth; Elmer Medley; David Meier; Charles Meyer; Gerhardt Michael; James Mueller; Paul Mueller; Spencer Nygaard; Eugene Oesch; G. Oesch; Norbert Oesch; Jerome Peck; Wayne Pohl; J.A.O. Preus III; Mark Raddatz; John Rath; David Rohde; Wilbert Rosin; Lyle Rusert; Andrew Sabo; Timothy Sa- leska; Robert Schaibley; Vern Schindler; Dennis Schlecht; Richard Schlecht; Ronald Schmidt; Delbert Schroeder; Wayne Schumpe; Henry Simon; Michael Simminger; Rich- ard Skov; Robert Steinke; Fred Stennfeld; Robert Strick- ert; A. Thiem; Arlan Thompson; Walter Tietjen; Steven Turner; James Uhrinak; Marvin Ulmer; Eric Von Fang; Steven Wagner; Edwin Weber; Paul Weber; Leland Wend- land; Dean Wenthe; Ed Wessling; Frederick Wood; Ronald Zehnder. The following slate was adopted, and the votes which were cast were recorded as follows: Karl Barth ......0.... 000.0000 c ccc cece cccecceccee 280 Eugene Bunkowske ....................0.00. 000055. 508 Oswald Hoffmann ....................0...00000.-.. 457 Robert King .............000 000 ccccccccccccceccece en 762 Arnold Kuntz .......0...0000. cc cccccccccccecececcee 341 Walter A. Maier, Jr. 2.0... 000. ccce cece. 508 Kurt Marquardt ..........00.0 00 cecceeccececeeees 218 Charles Mueller, Sr. ......0000... 00. ccccccccceeeee. 358 Charles Mueller, Jr. 2.0.22. 000 000.0 oc cec cece cece ee. 45 Robert Sauer ............00000 cc cc cccecccecceeceee 653 David Scaer .............00 00 ccc ecceccccccceceeee 137 Wallace Schulz ..........0..0 0.00. cccceceecceecceces 194 As of 3:30 p.m., July 9, 1,134 voting delegates were registered. A majority of votes is required for an election. Dr. Robert King, with 68 percent of the vote, was declared elected Second Vice-President, and Dr. Robert Sauer, with 58 percent of the vote, was declared elected Third Vice- President. The following names constituted the second ballot for Fourth and Fifth Vice-Presidents, with the voting results as listed: Bugene Bunkowske ................0...0cccececeee 688 Oswald Hoffmann ....................000.0000.--5. 439 Walter A. Maier, Jr. 2.0.0.0... eee cece cece. 647 Charles Mueller, Sr. ........0....0.... 000000000005, 395 1,087 voters participated in the balloting. A majority is required for election. Eugene Bunkowske was declared elected as Fourth Vice-President with 63 percent of the vote, and Walter A. Maier, Jr. was declared elected as Fifth Vice-President with 60 percent of the vote. Recognition of Former Corporate Officers of Synod President Bohlmann spoke words of appreciation on be- half of the delegates for two former officers who were un- able to be present on this occasion, Dr. Ed Weber and Dr. Roland Wiederanders. Dr. Milton Carpenter, Dr. Herbert Mueller, and Dr. Robert Sauer greeted the delegates. A special presentation was made to former synodical president Rev. Dr. J. A. O. Preus by Mr. John Gerber, president of Concordia Publishing House. Dr. Preus ad- dressed remarks to the assembly. Dr. Kuntz spoke a word of prayer of thanksgiving for past leadership. Structure and Organization (5) Rev. Orval Oswald brought Res. 5-01 back to the floor of the convention. The committee had not had adequate time to complete 5-01 during the previous day’s afternoon session. The question was called to end debate and was supported by a two-thirds majority. The delegates voted to adopt Res. 5-01.