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1850-1860 President Johannes Muehlhaeuser
Personal, Presidents, The Founding Fathers
1850-1860 President Johannes Muehlhaeuser
Biography
References
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1860-1864 and 1867-1889 President John Bading
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Johann (John) F. Bading was born on November 24, 1824, in Rixdorf near Berlin, Germany. As a teenager walking on Berlin’s Sebastian Street, he saw above a house door the Mark 16:15 motto "Preach the gospel to all creation."…
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Personal, Presidents, The Founding Fathers
1864-1865 President Gottlieb Reim
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1865-1867 President Wilhelm Streissguth
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Wilhelm (William) Streissguth was born at Lahr, grand duchy of Baden, on April 10, 1827. He pursued his studies at Lahr and Ludwigsburg, and finally, in the Mission Institute and the University of Basel. He was…
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1889-1908 President Philip von Rohr
Personal, Presidents
1889-1908 President Philip von Rohr
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Professor Armin J. Panning
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Seminary President (1985-1996)
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Professor Armin Schuetze
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Seminary President (1978-1985)
By Joel D. Otto
Armin William Schuetze has seen and experienced profound changes during his life – in the world, in the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran…
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1908-1933 President Gustav E. Bergemann
Personal, PresidentsGustave Ernst Bergemann
was born August 9, 1862, to Ludwig Bergemann and Wilhemine nee Schulz of Hustisford, Wisconsin. After being instructed and confirmed by Pastor Philip Koehler, he entered Northwestern College on November 14, 1879. In…
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Personal, Seminary PresidentsCarl J. Lawrenz (1908-1989)
Seminary President (1957-1978)
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My father, Carl John Lawrenz, served as president of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary from 1957-1978 and on its faculty from 1944-1982. These…
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Professor Edmund Reim
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Seminary President (1953-1957)
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When Adolph Reim graduated from the seminary, he and a classmate volunteered to serve as instructors at the recently founded Dr. Martin Luther…
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Professor John P. Meyer
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Seminary President (1937-1953)
By John M. Brenner
Few men have had as much impact on the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) as Professor John Meyer. He served in the public…
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Professor John Schaller
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Seminary Director (1908-1920)
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The story of Johannes Schaller begins on a cold December day in the parsonage of Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Louis, where his father, Gottlieb…
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Professor August Pieper
Personal, Seminary PresidentsAugust Pieper (1857-1946)
Seminary Director (1929-1937)
By Thomas J. Jeske
Who was August Otto Wilhelm Pieper? His people came from the northern rim of Europe, out of a small village named Karwitz, seven miles from…
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Professor John Ph. Koehler
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Seminary Director (1920-1929)
By Peter M. Prange
John Philipp Julius Koehler was born at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, on January 17, 1859, to Pastor Christian Philipp and Mrs. Apollonia…
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Professor Eduard Moldehnke
Personal, Seminary PresidentsEduard Moldehnke (1836-1904)
Seminary Director (1863-1866)
By James F. Korthals
During the first decade of its existence (1850-1860) the Wisconsin Synod struggled to find solutions to a number of problems. At the top of…
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Professor Adolf Hoenecke
Personal, Seminary Presidents
Adolf Hoenecke
Director, 1866-1870, 1878-1908
By James L. Langebartels
Gustav Adolf Felix Theodor Hoenecke was born in Brandenburg on February 25, 1835, to Wilhelm and Amalie (nee Liebchen) Hoenecke. His father…
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1933-1953 President John Brenner
Personal, PresidentsJohn William Otto Brenner
was born on July 11, 1874, at Hustisford, Wisconsin, the son of teacher Karl F.G. Brenner and his wife Barbara, nee Werner. He received his elementary school education at St. Peter’s Lutheran School in Fond du Lac,…
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Professor Paul Otto Wendland
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Seminary President (2004-2019)
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Some men have experience in only one form of the public ministry; others have served in various ways. President Wendland fell…
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1953-1979 President Oscar J. Naumann
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1979-1993 President Carl Mischke
Personal, Presidents
1979-1993 President Carl Mischke
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1993-2007 President Karl R. Gurgel
Personal, Presidents
1993-2007 President Karl R. Gurgel
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2007-present President Mark G. Schroeder
Personal, Presidents
2007-present President Mark G. Schroeder