LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1989, Page 26

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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.