Background
Fuerbringer, Alfred Ottomar was born on August 11, 1903 in St. Louis. Son of Ludwig Ernst and Anna (Zucker) Fuerbringer.
Fuerbringer, Alfred Ottomar was born on August 11, 1903 in St. Louis. Son of Ludwig Ernst and Anna (Zucker) Fuerbringer.
Student, Concordia College, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1921. Master of Divinity, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 1925. School of Theology and Ministry, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 1927.
Doctor of Divinity, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 1953. Doctor of Humane Letters, Valparaiso University, 1959. Doctor of Letters, Concordia Teachers College, Seward, Nebraska, 1969.
Ordained to ministry, Lutheran Church, 1927;
pastor, Trinity Lutheran Church, Norman, Oklahoma, 1927-1934;
pastor, Trinity Lutheran Church, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, 1934-1937;
pastor, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Leavenworth, Kansas, 1937-1941;
president, Concordia Teachers College, Seward, Nebraska, 1941-1953;
president, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 1953-1969;
professor, Concordia Seminary, 1969-1974;
director continuing education, Concordia Seminary, 1969-1974;
professor, Concordia Seminary in Exile (Seminex), St. Louis, 1974-1977;
professor, Christ Seminary-Seminex, 1977-1983;
matching gifts coordinator, Christ Seminary-Seminex, 1979-1983. Commissioner Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, Europe, 1948, 57, 58, 63, 66, Australia, Asia, 1957-1958, Latin American, 1957, 59, 61. Member of commission on theology and church relations, 1950-1969.
Board directors Great Rivers Synod, Association Evangelical Lutheran Churches, 1976-1979. President Foundation for Reformation Research, 1957-1964, executive director, 1965-1966, board directors, 1967-1969. Vice president National Lutheran Education Conference, 1963, president, 1964.
Trustee Clayton Public Library, 1960-1970. Member alumni senate Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago, 1987-1990. Member American Management Association (theologians advisory council 1960-1970), State History Society Missouri (trustee 1953-1985), Alumni Association Christ Seminary (board directors 1979-1986, president 1979-1984).
Married Carolyn Kuhlman, June 1, 1934. Children: Kenneth Paul, Max Robert, Marian Ruth, Jane Carolyn.