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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1981, front matter 15
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DIRECTORY—OFFICERS AND BOARDS OF THE SYNOD xv
(1980); Rev. Kermit Ratcliffe (1982): Dr. DeWitt Robin-
son (1980).
Staff: Dr. Richard C. Dickinson Jr., Executive
Secretary.
Lutheran Church Extension Fund—
Missouri Synod
500 N. Broadway. St. Louis, MO 63102
Revs. Carl Hiller (1981), Lowell Rusch (1983):
Teachers: Winfred Graebner, Secretary (1983), Vance
Hinrichs (1981); Messrs. Donovan D. Claussen, Chair-
man (1983), Orville Peterson (1983), Karl Abel (1981),
Paul Mack (1981), Norman Sell, Treasurer; Vernon
Scholl, Assistant Treasurer, Mrs. Ruth Bodensted,
Assistant Secretary.
Staff: Mr. A. C. Haake, President; Rev. John E.
Meyer, Vice President; Mr. George Adams, Project
Director: Mr. Edward H. Moeslein, Accountant; Ruth
Bodensted, Administrative Assistant.
Council for Christian Medical Work
Rev. Roland Miller, Ph.D., Chairman (1983); Mr.
Robert J. L. Zimmer (ex officio), Secretary; William L.
Crofford, M.D. (1981); Ruth Goehle, M.D. (1983): John
Rittman, M.D. (1981); Edith Schild, R.N. (ex officio).
Staff: Florence Montz, BSN, Staff Administrator;
Elnora Briggemann, Cross and Caduceus Editor.
Board of Social Ministry
and World Relief
500 N. Broadway, St. Louis, MO 63102
Board Members: Mr. Patrick Hu, ViceChairman
(1981); Dr. Robert Mugge, Chairman (1981); Mrs.
Alfred Sump, Secretary (1981); Dr. Milton Carpenter
(1983); Rev. Simon Bodley (1983); Rev. Walter Snyder
(1983); Rev. Del Thies (1981).
Staff: Rev. Leslie F. Weber, D.D.. Executive Secre
tary: Rev. Melvin E. Witt, Secretary of World Relief:
(Vacant), Secretary for Institutional Chaplaincy
Services; (Vacant), Secretary for District and Parish
Welfare Services; Mr. Virgil Fuchs, ACSW, Secretary
for Agencies and Institutions.
Armed Forces Commission
475 L’Enfant Plaza W. SW. Suite 2720
Washington, D.C, 20024-202. 484-3950
Staff: Rev. M. S. Ernstmeyer, D.D., Executive
Secretary; Rev. Ernest F. Wentzel, Program Director.
Board Members: Rev. Leland R. Stevens, Chair-
man (1983); Rev. Arthur W. Meyer, Vice-Chairman
(1983); Mr. Arthur Thieme, Secretary (1981); Revs.
Gerhardt W. Hyatt (1981); Erwin J. Kolb (1981) Charles
S. Mueller (1983); Mr. W. Herbert Krieger (1981).
DIVISION OF HIGHER EDUCATION
DR. WALTER L. ROSIN, CHAIRMAN
Board for Higher Education
500 N. Broadway, St. Louis, MO 63102
Board Members: Revs. H. W. Garton (1983), Elmer
J. Moeller, M.A. (1981), Charles A. Remnitz, Ph.D.
(1981); Messrs. Arthur P. Brackebusch, M.S. (1981),
Alvin W. Czanderna, Ph.D. (1981); Conrad Kercher,
Ph.D. (1983); Teacher: Carl G. Straub, M.S. (1983);
Advisory: Rev. J. A. O. Preus, Ph.D.
Staff Members: Rev. Walter L. Rosin, Th.D.
Executive Secretary: Miss Gert Moddelmog, Admini-
strative Assistant; Mr. Delphin L. Schulz, Ph.D.,
Associate Executive Secretary; James C. Winston.
Manager Financial Services.
Colloquy Board
Chairman: Rev. Edwin C. Weber, D.D.
For Ministry: Rev. Ralph A. Bohlmann, Ph.D..
M.S.T. Concordia Seminary, St. Louis; Rev. Robert D.
Preus, Ph.D., Th.D., Concordia Seminary, Fort Wayne.
For Teaching: Rev. Paul Z. Zimmermann, M.Div..
Ph.D., Concordia Teachers College, River Forest:
Michael J. Stelmachowicz, Ph.D., Concordia Teachers
College, Seward; Gerhardt W. Hyatt, D.D., D.H.L.
Concordia College, St. Paul; Ralph C. Schultz, D.S.M..
Concordia College, Bronxville; John R. Buuck, M.A.,
Ph.D., Concordia College, Milwaukee; Erhardt P.
Weber, STD., Concordia College, Portland.
Board for Lay Ministers
Board Members: Prof. Henry J. Eggold Jr., Th.D.
(1983), Rev. Emil G. Jaech, D.D. (1983), Rev. Joseph G.
Lavalais, D.D. (1981), Mr. Dale Korth (1981), Rev.
Guido Merkens, D. D., Chairman (1981), Dr. Walter L
Rosin, Advisory Member.
Commission on Lay Higher Education
Mrs. Bette Froehlich (1979), Mr. Robert Moellering
(1979), Rev. Alvin W. Mueller, D.D. (1979), Dr. Arthur
M. Ahlschswede. Advisory Member.
Boards of Control
Colleges and Seminaries (U.S.)
Concordia Seminary—St. Louis, MO: Revs. Ewald
J. Otto, M.S.T.. Chairman: Edwin C. Weber. D.D..
Vice-Chairman; Edgar F. Rehwaldt, Paul P. Spitz ‘ex
officio, Neil R. Schmidt, M.Div.; Teachers Henry
Bergman, M.A., Leland P. Schroeder; Messrs. Walter
C. Dissen, Secretary; Charles H. Burmeister. Treasur-
er: Alvin Narjes. Ray C. Rauscher.
Concordia Seminary—Fort Wayne. IN: Revs.
Walter C Maas, William H. B. Fehl, Elwood Zimmer-
mann /ex officios, Robert Sauer, D.D. (synodical
representative). Willard E. Niederbrach. Secretary:
Teachers Richard L. Bultemeyer, Roy Kaiser: Messrs.
John D. Biesemeier, David G. Ebeling. Raymond
Joeckel, Chairman; Ronald L. Reinking.
Concordia Teachers College—River Forest, IL:
Revs. Edmund H. Harpel ‘ex officios, Chairman:
Harold C. Krueger, ViceChairman; Herbert T. Wians:
Teachers Robert M. Carpenter, Arnold C. Stoppen-
hagen; Messrs. Henry O. Koeneman, Secretary; Ralph
Brauer, James Haar, Henry J. Matthews.
Concordia Teachers College—Seward, NE: Rev.
Eldor W. Meyer /ex officio), Chairman; Harold Stelzer;
Teachers Louis Herring, Secretary; William Chandler,
Messrs. Donald Bauer, Robert W. Herpolsheimer.
Albert Hokamp, David Krohn, Richard R. Stauffer.
Concordia Lutheran College—Ann Arbor, MI
Revs. James T. Nickel, Richard H. Bernthal, Richard
L. Schlecht /ex officio); Teacher Justin C. Schwartz;
Messrs. Edwin A. Benz, Richard Korthals. Robert
Schoenherr, Edward P. Staubitz.
Concordia College—Bronxville, NY: Revs. Elwood
E. Mather Jr., Vice-Chairman; Albert W. Bahr, Secre
tary: Ronald F. Fink /ex officio), Henry Koepchen,
Ernest R. Pflug; Teacher Robert T. Beckmann: Messrs.
Henry G. Appel Sr., Chairman; Thomas N. Olsen,
Arnold K. Weber.
Concordia College—St. Paul. MN: Revs. O. H.
Cloeter ‘ex officio), Chairman; Paul J. Pfotenhauer;
Teacher Robert Golnitz; Arnold W. Lohse, Secretary:
Messrs. Harold Bartz, Lorens Degner, John Harms,
Robert Overn.
Concordia Lutheran College of Texas—Austin.
TX: Revs. Marvin Lehnhardt, Herbert Graf. Glen
O'Shoney (ex officio); Teacher Donald Schmidt:
Messrs. Godfrey Cadra. Howard H. Klein, Ray A.
Malzahn.
St. Paul's College—Concordia, MO: Revs. Carl W.
Heilman, Secretary /ex officio’; Teacher Lester P. Golz;
Messrs. Roger Alewel, Chairman: Roger Eichler.
Wayne Walguist.
Concordia College—Milwaukee, WI: Revs. Karl L.
Barth ‘ex officio/, Chairman; Elmer Sedory. David P.
Wallschlaeger: Teacher Richard E. Maas: Messrs.
George Metzger. ViceChairman; Gordon Fairbert.
Secretary: Leo Bordeleau, Dale W. Kortb.
Concordia College—Portland. OR: Revs. Emil
Jaech ‘ex officios, Chairman; Walter Anderson;
Teacher Keith Brosz; Messrs. Roy J. Culley, George
Rummel, Edward H. Schwartz, Jay F. Wisman.
Alabama Lutheran Academy & College—Selma.
AL: Revs. Albert Dominick. Secretary: Howard A.
Foard; D.D.. Richard Meyer ‘ex officio), Charles L.
Graeber: Teacher Mary A. McBride: Messrs. Paul
Lehman, Chairman; John Davis, Vice-Chairman:
Jack E. Pellegrin, Nancy Saunders.
St. John’s College—Winfield, KS: Revs. John B.
Bredehoft. Secretary; George Bruening /ex officio:
Teacher Leland Pitsch; Messrs. Sidney Beltz, Erwin
Knocke. Robert L. Perry Jr.
Christ College—Irvine, CA: Revs. Arnold G.
Kuntz, D.D. ‘ex officto/; Chairman, Frederick J.
Huscher, Marvin E. Suhr; Teacher Fred E. Bergman;
Messrs. Mike D. Antonovich, Edgar H. Fickenscher,
John Greenlee, Ph.D., Glenn Molyneaux, M.D., Secre
tary; Carl Schroeder, E. Vernon Frost, Treasurer.
Lutheran Lay Ministry Program: See Concordia
College, Milwaukee.
DIVISION OF PARISH SERVICES
DR. VICTOR A. CONSTIEN, CHAIRMAN
Board of Parish Education
3558 S. Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, MO 63118
314 664-7000
Board Members: Revs. Maynard H. Brandt‘ 1981).
Raymond A. Mueller, M.S.T. (1981). Wayne E.
Schumpe (1983); Teachers Dennis Hintz (1983), Fay R.
Richert. M.S. (1981), Charles Wildauer (1983), Messrs.
Roy Guess (1981). John McCants (1983). James E.
Price (1981); Institutional representatives: G. Walde
mar Degner, M.A., Rudolph H. Harm. Ph.D., Lee Roy
Holtzen, Ph.D.. Loma Meyer, Ed.D., R. Allan Zimmer.
Ph.D.
Staff: Rev. Victor A. Constien, S.T.M., LL.D..
Executive Secretary.
Editorial Diviston: Rev. Earl H. Gaulke, Ph.D..
Director of Editorial Division; Rev. Donald E. Hoefer-
kamp. B.A., My Devotions; Arlon W. Rueter, B.S.Ed.,
Vacation Bible School; Rev. Mervin A. Marquardt,
M.Div.. M.A.T., Interaction; Rev. Theodore W.
Schroeder, M.Div.. Sunday School; Arnold E. Schmidt,
Ph.D.. Day School Weekday School; Frederick A.
Radtke. Ph.D., Special Education.
Field Services Division: Rev. Victor A. Constien.
S.T.M.. LL.D.. Director of Field Services; Al H. Senske.
Ed.D.,. Secretary of Elementary and Secondary
Schools; Marlin W. Schulz, Ph.D., Associate Secretary
of Elementary and Secondary Schools: Joanne Eisen-
berg. M.A.. Associate Secretary of Early Childhood
Education; Rev. Dale E. Griffin, M.S.T.. M.Ed., Secre
tary of Sunday, Weekday. and Summer Schools; Rev.
Ronald W. Brusius, Director of Family Life Education.
Board of Youth Ministry
500 N. Broadway, St. Louis, MO 63102
Board Members: Rev. Jack Baumgarn, Chair-
person (1983): Kurt Brauer (1981); Lynn Gergens
(1981); Keren Hofman (1981); Jan Hover (1981); Rick
Krueger (1983); Teacher William Karpenko, Ph.D.
(1981); Benjamin Marxhausen (1981): Mark Schoepp
(1981); Le Anne Wiseman (1981).
Staff: Richard W. Bimler, M.A.. Executive Secre-
tary; Rev. C. LeoSymmank, M.A., Assistant Executive
Secretary; Rev. Terry K. Dittmer, M.Div.. Assistant
Executive Secretary; Les Stroh, B.S.Ed.. Assistant
Exeuctive Secretary.
Commission on Architecture
Deon Bahr (1984)
4144S 88th. Lincoln, NE 68506
Rex L. Becker (1984)
Becker & Flowers Architects
705 Olive St., St. Louis, MO 63101
R. C. Brumfield 11984)
ABH Inc. Architecture
180 E. Main St., Suite 170
Tustin, CA 92680
Craig Melde (1984)
2211 N. Lamar. Dallas, TX 75202
Eldon Morrison, AIA (1982)
613 Fourth Street. White Bear Lake, MN 55110
James Pfluger, AIA (1984)
213S. Lamar, Austin, TX 78704
Wayne E. Schmidt (1982)
Concordia Seminary
801 DeMun. St. Louis, MO 63105
Otto J. Schumm. AIA (1982)
14 Lafayette Ave.. Westwood, NJ 07675
Ernst Schwidder (1982)
Box 520, Steilacoom, WA 98388
Frank Sturgeon. AIA 11982)
3005 Anza Ave.. Davis, CA 95610
Richard W. Wiegmann, MFA (1982)
456 S, Columbia, Seward, NE 68434
Commission for Services
to the Mentally Retarded
500 N. Broadway, St. Louis. MO 63102
Commission Members: Dr. Donald Ahlersmeyer.
Chairman (1983); Rev. Louis Bier (1981): Les Mattson
(1981): Rev. Victor Tegtmeier (1983); Mrs. Tina Tossey.
Secretary (1983).
DIVISION OF COMMUNICATIONS
MR. VICTOR BRYANT, CHAIRMAN
Board for Public Relations
500 N. Broadway, St. Louis, MO 63102
Board Members: Mr. James O. Rice Jr. (1981),
Chairman; Mrs. Jean Garton (1983), Secretary: Rev.
Arnold G. Kuntz, D.D. (1983), Rev. George H. Lange
(1981); Rev. Victor H. Marxhausen (1981), George D.
Robey (1981); William G. Wagner (1983).
Staff: Mr. Victor W. Bryant. Director of Public
Relations; Mr. Joseph A. Isenhower Jr., Assistant
Director. Rev. James W. Rassbach, Assistant Director.