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...a brilliant record at Gettysburg College...B..A. in 1886 and M.A. in
1889...studied lawand then theology in Chicago...awarded B.D. in 1891 by
McCormickTheological Seminary. Ordained in the Lutheran Ministry in
1892, he then becamepastor of Grace Lutheran Church, San Jose, CA and
Secretary of CaliforniaSynod. From 1897-1901, he studied at the
Universities of Leipsig(...receiveda Ph.D. ' 'Summa cum laude' ') Berlin and
Paris...accepted a call to WittenbergCollege, springfield, OH...became
professor in its Hanna Divinity School in 1905...later Dean
there...received Doctor of Divinity from Susquehanna University in
1905...president of the General Synod, he promoted the merger of three
large Lutheran bodies into the United Lutheran Church of Americaand
servedon its Executive Committee
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