Carl Lund-Quist
Carl Elof Lund-Quist (born September 19, 1908 in Freemount , Kansas ; † August 28, 1965 ; actually Lundquist ) was an American Lutheran theologian of Swedish descent.
Life
Lund-Quist attended the theological seminary in Rock Island (Illinois) from 1932 and was ordained in Augustana Church in 1936 . He was then until 1941 parish pastor in Chicago and from 1941 to 1946 student pastor at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis . As a member of the Executive Committee of the YMCA and the Christian Students' Union , he traveled for several months through war-torn Europe in 1946. From 1946 to 1948 he worked in the public relations department of the National Lutheran Council in the USA. In 1948 the general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation , Sylvester C. Michelfelder, brought him to Geneva as his deputy, and after his death in 1951 Lund-Quist was appointed his successor. In 1960 he had to give up his post due to health problems.
Honors
Lund-Quist received the Great Cross of Merit with Star and Shoulder Ribbon from the Federal Republic of Germany in 1958 . The University of Erlangen awarded him an honorary doctorate ; as well as several universities in the USA.
literature
- Norman A. Hjelm, Prasanna Kumari, Jens Holger Schjørring (eds.): From the World Federation to Community. History of the Lutheran World Federation 1947–1997 , Hanover 1997, pp. 433–438.
- American National Biography , Volume 14. Oxford University Press, 1999.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lund-Quist, Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lund-Quist, Carl Elof (full name); Lundquist, Carl (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Lutheran theologian of Swedish descent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | near Freemount , Kansas |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 28, 1965 |