Background
Hillila, Bernhard Hugo Paul was born on May 21, 1919 in Gwinn, Michigan, United States. Son of Hugo Mathias and Hannah Maria (Mattonen) Hillila.
Hillila, Bernhard Hugo Paul was born on May 21, 1919 in Gwinn, Michigan, United States. Son of Hugo Mathias and Hannah Maria (Mattonen) Hillila.
Graduate, Suomi College, Hancock, Michigan, 1938. Graduate, Suomi Theological Seminary, 1941. AB, Boston University, 1943.
Master of Arts, Western Reserve University, 1945. Postgraduate, Western Reserve University, 1946. Doctor of Education, Columbia University, 1955.
Ordained to ministry, Lutheran Church, 1941;
pastor, Maynard, Massachusetts, 1941-1943;
pastor, Fairport Harbor, Ohio., 1943-1946;
pastor, Brooklyn, 1946-1949, 52-57;
instructor, Wagner College, S.I., 1948-1949;
president, Suomi College and Theological Seminary, 1949-1952;
pastor, Warren, Ohio., 1957-1960;
dean, professor practical theology, Hamma School Theology, Wittenberg U., 1960-1964;
director graduate division, Hamma School Theology, Wittenberg U., 1961-1963;
dean, California Lutheran U., Thousand Oaks, California, 1964-1968;
professor education, Valparaiso (Ind). U., 1968-1984;
professor emeritus, Valparaiso (Ind). U., since 1984;
lecturer, Purdue University, 1969-1973.
Vice president Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church in American, 1955-1960. Member Joint Commission Lutheran Unity, 1956-1962, Inter-Lutheran Consultation Commission, 1962-1966. Councillor National Lutheran Council, 1962-1966.
Delegate Lutheran World Federation Assembly, 1957;member Michigan Tuberculosis Sanatorium Commission, 1950-1952.
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Honorary chairman board director Fair Havens Rest Home, Middleboro, Massachusetts. Member Word Weavers, Porter County Arts Commission, Poets and Patrons Chicago, Academy American Poets, Poets Club Chicago, Poetry Society of America.
Married Esther Pauline Halttunen, June 28, 1944. Children: Esther Pauline Nelson, Sarah Christine Lewis, Martin Bernhard.