Background
Foss, Carl Ludvigsen was born in January 1886 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Review Ludvig Colbjornsen and Ida Pauline (Hanson) Foss.
Foss, Carl Ludvigsen was born in January 1886 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Review Ludvig Colbjornsen and Ida Pauline (Hanson) Foss.
Student Pacific Lutheran Academy, Parkland, Washington, 1903-1907. Bachelor of Arts, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 1912. Theological candidate, Luther Theological Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1915.
Ordained ministry Lutheran Church, 1915. Pastor Grace Lutheran Church, San Francisco, California, 1915-1918, Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Bremerton, Washington, 1920-1921, Trinity Lutheran Church, Parkland, Washington, 1921-1923, also teacher of Bible and French, Pacific Lutheran College, 1921-1923. Teaching fellow, University of Washington, 1923-1924.
Pastor Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, 1924-1927. President Spokane (Washington) College since 1927. Graduate Training School for Chaplain Candidates, Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky, summer, 1918.
Served as First lieutenant chaplain United States Expeditionary Forces in France, September 1918-July, 1919, World War.
Married Ella Caroline Tvete, of Seattle, Washington, July 10, 1917.