Byron Ralph Swanson

Background

Swanson, Byron Ralph was born on April 22, 1930 in Omaha. Son of Ralph William and May Alice (Anderson) Swanson.

Education

Bachelor, Augustana College, 1952. Master of Divinity summa cum laude, Lutheran School Theology, Chicago, 1956. Master of Sacred Theology, Yale University, 1961.

Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1970.

Career

Parish pastor St. Timothy Lutheran Church, Gladstone, Missouri, 1956-1960, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, 1960-1961. Campus pastor Arizona State University, Tempe, 1961-1962. Professor Midland Lutheran College, Fremont, Nebraska, 1968-1979, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, since 1979.

Delaware National Endowment of the Humanities summer seminar University California, Santa Barbara, 1976. Member National Endowment of the Humanities Curriculum Projects, California Lutheran University, 1982-1988.

Achievements

• Byron Ralph Swanson has been listed as a noteworthy religion educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Academy Religion, American Society Church History, Lutheran History Conference, Augustana History Society, North America Academy Ecumenists.

Connections

Married Kathryn Ann Segerhammar, October 26, 1956. Children: Kimberly Kathryn, Timothy William, Todd Sterling, Bradley Krister.

Father:

Ralph William Swanson

Mother:

May Alice (Anderson) Swanson

Spouse:

Kathryn Ann Segerhammar

child:

Bradley Krister Swanson

child:

Todd Sterling Swanson

child:

Timothy William Swanson

child:

Kimberly Kathryn Swanson