Education
Messer earned a Doctor of Philosophy from Boston University in social ethics.
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He is known for his work to combat world hunger and Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. He was president of Dakota Wesleyan University from 1971 to 1981, and president of Iliff School of Theology from 1981 to 2000. He was named both President Emeritus and the Henry White Warren Professor Emeritus of Practical Theology at The Iliff School of Theology. As of 2013, Messer is the Executive Director of the Center for the Church and Global Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Concern for the escalating global Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome pandemic has prompted Messer to travel and speak in Asia, Africa and Latin America, as well as to initiate a Center for the Church and Global Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome that serves as a catalyst for Christian involvement in the major issues related to global Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, world hunger, and clean water.
Throughout the world, the Center supports various projects of education, prevention, care and treatment, aimed at helping to create an Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome-free and hunger-free world.
Messer has also spent time and energy helping gain support for education around the world with special attention to The United Methodist Seminary in Russia. Among other awards received over the years, Messer was named one of America"s "Ten Outstanding Young Men" in 1975 by the United States Junior Chamber (Junior Chamber of Commerce).
