Background
Puotinen, Arthur Edwin was born on September 7, 1941 in Crystal Falls, Michigan, United States. Son of Kaleva Weikko and Ines Pauline Puotinen.
Puotinen, Arthur Edwin was born on September 7, 1941 in Crystal Falls, Michigan, United States. Son of Kaleva Weikko and Ines Pauline Puotinen.
Associate of Arts, Suomi College, 1961. Bachelor, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, 1963. Master of Divinity, Lutheran School Theology, Chicago, 1967.
Master of Arts, University Chicago, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1973. Master of Business Administration, Wake Forest University, 1984.
Pastor Trinity Lutheran Church, Chicago, 1968-1970. Assistant professor religion Center Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, 1971-1974. Dean faculty Suomi College, Hancock, Michigan, 1974-1978.
Vice president academy affairs Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, North Carolina, 1978-1983. Associate dean academy affairs Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia, 1983-1984. Executive director Lutheran Educational Conference of North America, Washington, 1984-1988.
President Grand View College, Des Moines, 1988-1996. Vice president, provost Finlandia University, Hancock, Michigan, 1996—2002. Pastor Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Elgin, Illinois, since 2004.
Pastor European Landscape Contractors Association Metropolitan Chicago Synod, Evangelical-Lutheran Church American.
Married Judith Cathleen Kapoun, August 8, 1964. Children: Anne, Marjetta, Sara.