Background
Bergendoff, Conrad John Immanuel was born on December 3, 1895 in Shickley, Nebraska, United States. Son of Carl August and Emma Mathilda (Fahlberg) Bergendoff.
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Augustana Historical Society Publication #37. 1988 revised and expanded version of an article that originally appeared in Church History Volume 7, September 1938, on the 350th anniversary of the Church of Sweden on the Delaware.
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Bergendoff, Conrad John Immanuel was born on December 3, 1895 in Shickley, Nebraska, United States. Son of Carl August and Emma Mathilda (Fahlberg) Bergendoff.
Bachelor, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, 1915. Bachelor's Degree, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, 1921. Master of Arts, University Pennsylvania, 1916.
Postgraduate, Columbia University, 1919. Postgraduate, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1919. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1928.
Postgraduate, Upsala University, Sweden, 1927. Postgraduate, University Berlin, 1927. Doctor of Theology (honorary), University Upsala, Sweden, 1938.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Upsala College, New Jersey, 1943. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Rockford College, Illinois, 1958. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Concordia Theological Seminary, 1967.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), National College Education, 1968. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Marycrest College, 1968.
Assistant Professor of English, professor education, Augustana College, 1916-1917;
assistant pastor, Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church, New York City, 1917-1919;
pastor, Evangelical Lutheran Salem Church, Chicago, 1921-1931;
professor systematic theology, dean, Augustana Theological Seminary, 1931;
president, Augustana College and Theological Seminary, 1935-1948;
president, Augustana College, 1948-1962;
executive secretary board theological education, Lutheran Church in American, 1962-1964. Dudleian lecturer Harvard University, 1948. Consultant American Military Occupation, Germany,1949.
Member several committees and board of church on educational matters. Member commissions on liturgy Augustana Synod, Lutheran World Federation. Delegate National Council of Churches to Russian Orthodox Church, 1962.
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Member Illinois Board Higher Education, 1962-1969, Illinois Arts Council, 1965-1968. Member special committees of America Council Education, North Central Association Colleges and Secondary Schools. Chapter chairman American Red Cross, Rock Island and Moline, 1964-1966.
Board directors Association American Colleges, 1940-1941. President Augustana Institute Swedish Culture, 1940-1967. Trustee American Scandinavian Foundation, 1943-1970.
President American Association Theological Schools, 1947-1949. Member Phi Beta Kappa Clubs: Black Hawk Hiking (Rock Island). Contemporary (Davenport, Iowa).
University (Chicago). Lodges: Rotary.
Married Gertrude Carlson, June 28, 1922. Children— Conrad Luther, Beatrice Gertrude, Elizabeth Ann.