# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2001_S26
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION

olution so that it will consistently read “other vice-presidents in line of succession” to avoid involving the office of
Vice-President−Finance—Treasurer. This was agreed to by
common consent. Due to the Orders of the Day, the Chair
asked the committee to return at a later time to resume discussion of this resolution.
Year of the Child
The Chair called upon youth representative Meredith
Friedman to present the second “Year of the Child” question
to the convention: “How many LCMS high schools were in
operation during the last school year?” After allowing the
delegates to venture an opinion, she reported the correct answer: Congregations of our Synod were involved in some 80
Lutheran high schools during the 2000–01 academic year.
Committee 9: Registration, Credentials, and Elections
The Chair called upon Rev. William Hoesman, President
of the Michigan District and chair of Committee 9, to present a report on the nominating ballot for Vice-Presidents
2–5. He reported that 601 pastoral and 591 lay delegates
were registered, totaling 1,192 voting delegates. He distributed a report of the nominations from the nominating
ballot: Robert King, 514; William Weinrich, 459; Wallace
Schulz, 417; Roger Pittelko, 299; Loren Kramer, 276; Glenn
O’Shoney, 250; William Diekelman, 240; Paul Maier, 229;
Roosevelt Gray, 224; David Buegler, 157; Dean Nadasdy,
152; Dean Wenthe, 141; Laurence White, 123; Donald Muchow, 115; Ronald Feuerhahn, 100; Dale Meyer, 59; Robert
Kuhn, 56; Raymond Hartwig, 41; George Wollenburg, 33;
Jacob Preus, 31; C. William Hoesman, 26; Victor Belton,
25; Kurt Marquart, 25; Herbert Mueller, 18; Andrew
Bartelt, 14; Harold Senkbeil, 14; Arleigh Lutz, 13; Robert
Scudieri, 13; David Benke, 10; Thomas Zehnder, 10; John
Johnson, 9; James Kalthoff, 9; Ulmer Marshall, 8; Howard
Patten, 8; Lane Seitz, 7; William Ameiss, 6; Larry Rast, 6;
David Callies, 5; Roger Krause, 5; Gene Gierke, 4; Arthur
Just, 4; Charles Mueller, Sr., 4; Timothy Sims, 4.
The following received 3 nominating votes: Karl Barth;
Gerald Coleman; Theodore Cook; Ronald Garwood; Paul
Hartman; Roger Krause; Eric Lange; Ronald Meyer; Orval
Mueller; Walter D. Otten; Robert Roegner; Arthur Scherer;
Paul Sieveking; Norman Sincebaugh; Richard L. Thompson; Walter Tietjen.
The following received 2 nominating votes: Thomas
Ahlersmeyer; Henry Biar; Steven Briel; Jeffrey Gibbs; Dennis Glick; Martin J. Hagenow; William Kilps; Cameron
MacKenzie; David Maier; Gerhard Michael, Jr.; Samuel
Nafzger; John Nunes; Robert Preece; David Rhode; David P.
Scaer; Robert Schipul; Mitchel Schuessler; Stephen Wagner.
The following received 1 nominating vote: Terrance
Adamson; Bernard Ansorge; Wally Arp; James Bauer;
Richard Behnke; David Belasic; Dean Bell; James Bender;
Steve Benson; Gordon Besel; Paul Beyer; Paul Bickel;
Ronald Biel; Todd Biermann; Chad Bird; Ed Blonski; David
Bode; Timothy Booth; Timothy Brand; Tom Braun; Michael
Bronner; John Brunner; Gene Bunkowske; William Burgett; R. John Buuck; Laurence Carlson; Bryant Clancy;
James Daugherty; Warren H. Davis; David Davis; Richard
Dickinson; David Dobbertien; Paul Doellinger; Martin Do200l Convention Proceedings

ering; Brad Drew; Karl Dunker; Thomas Eggold; Jerrold
Eickmann; Roger Ellis; Michael Ernst; Phil Esala; John
Fale; John Feierabend; Mark Flory; Daniel Gard; Mark
Gerken; Oscar Gerken; Dennison Goff; Mitch Gowen; John
P. Gross; Mark Grunst; George Gude; John Hannah; Larry
Harvala; Steven Hasenstein; Dale Hauser; John Heins;
Allen Henderson; Robert Hill; Robert Holst; Steve Hower;
Tom Hoyt; Ricky Jacob; Randall Jahnke; David Joeckel;
Jerald Joersz; Darwin Karsten; James Keurulainen; Raymond Kirk; Jeffrey Kloha; Wayne Knolhoff; Kenneth
Krause; Paul Krueger; Michael Kumm; Robert Kuppler;
Thomas Lakso; David Langewisch; Kirk Lee; James Linderman; Julio Loza; Robert Luinstar; John Lukomski; Walter A. Maier III; Martin L. Marks; David Marth; Jonathan
Marxhausen; Edward May; Daniel May; Paul McCain; Paul
Mehl; August Mennicke; Rick Mensing; William Meyer;
Laurence Meyer; Wade Meyer; Merlin Meyer; John Meyer;
Monte Meyer; Ronald Meyr; Charles Mueller, Jr.; Frederick
L. Mueller; Brett Mueller; Scott Murray; Terry Naasz;
Howard Neider; Charles J. Neugebauer; Mark Neumann;
Ferry Nye; Norbert Oesch; Dennis Perryman; Donald
Phelps; Dennis Pingel; Art Puls; Dennis Quackenboss; John
M. Ramey; Kerry Reese; Ron Reinhardt; Larry Reinhardt;
Marlin Rempfer; Paul Rhode; Carlton Riemer; Paul L. Rist;
Timothy Rynearson; George Sagissor; Roger Ellis Sarnia;
Robert Schaedel; Timothy Scharr; Evan Schiller; Vern
Schindler; Craig Schinnerer; James Schnackenberg; Paul
Schnelle; Kenneth Schnepp; David Schoop; Joseph Schruhl;
Curtis Schultz; Ken Schurb; William Seaman; Charles
Sheffler; Roger Sonnenberg; Charles Spomer; Eric Stefanski; David T. Stein; Reed Stockman; Larry Stoterau; David
Stroschein; Bryan Sullivan; Gary Trickey; Warren Ueckert;
Stephen Updegrave; Larry Vogel; Kevin Wackett; Philip
Wagner; Randy Walquist; Paul Weber; Carl Weis; Robert
Weise; Kenton Wendorf; Kenneth Wieting; James Wilson;
Arnold Windisch-Graetz; Clifford Winter; Frank E. Winter,
Jr.; Philip Young; Thomas Zeller.
Chairman Hoesman distributed a list of the twelve nominees whose names therefore appear on the ballot for VicePresidents 2–5: David Buegler; Ronald Feuerhahn; Roosevelt Gray; Robert King; Loren Kramer; Paul L. Maier;
Dean Nadasdy; Glenn O’Shoney; Roger Pittelko; Wallace
Schulz; William Weinrich; and Dean Wenthe. Punch-card
ballots were distributed and delegates were instructed to
vote for up to four, after which the cards were returned and
the ballot was declared closed.
Presentation by Representatives of AAL/Lutheran
Brotherhood
The Chair introduced John Gilbert, Chairman, CEO, and
President of Aid Association for Lutherans, and Bruce
Nicholson, CEO and President of Lutheran Brotherhood.
Both men addressed the convention, describing the advantages of the anticipated merger of the two fraternal organizations and some of the anticipated changes that will result.
Committee 3: Theology and Church Relations
The Chair called on Dr. Roger Pittelko, Third Vice-President of the Synod and chairman of Committee 3, to present the committee’s business to the convention.