Donald Peter Buteyn

Background

Buteyn, Donald Peter was born on November 10, 1924 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Cornelius and Jessie Louise (Felsman) Buteyn.

Education

Bachelor, Hope College, 1948. Master of Divinity, Western Theological Seminary, 1951. Doctor of Divinity, Whitworth College, 1974.

Career

Pastor, Jamestown (Michigan) Reformed Church, 1951-1953; pastor, Midland (Michigan) Reformed Church, 1953-1958; senior pastor, 1st Reformed Church, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1958-1964; associate pastor, 1st Presbyterian Church, Berkeley, California, 1964-1969; executive pastor, 1st Presbyterian Church, Hollywood, California, 1973-1979; senior pastor, 1st Presbyterian Church, Bakersfield, California, since 1986; executive, Seattle Presbery, 1969-1973; chaplain, Los Angeles Police Department, 1975-1979; Flora Lampson Hewlett professor evangelism and mission, San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Anselma, California, 1979-1986; dean, San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Anselma, California, 1983-1986; professor emeritus, San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Anselma, California, since 1989. Adjunct Professor Fuller Theological Seminary.

Achievements

• Donald Peter Buteyn has been listed as a noteworthy minister, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Kern County Human Relations Commission. Chairman Hollywood Development Commission, Los Angeles, 1976-1979. Board directors Bethany Service Center, Bakersfield, Kern County Food Banks, Inc., Bakersfield, Friends Outside Agency, Bakersfield, Frontier Fellowship Presbyterian Church.

Member governing board National Council Churches of Christ, 1988-1991. Member National Association Professors of Mission, Rotary.

Interests

• Avocations: miniature railroads, gardening.

Connections

Married Marian Schroeder, June 24, 1949. Children: Richard, Joyce, Jean, Carol, Douglas, Steven.

Father:

Cornelius Buteyn

Mother:

Jessie Louise (Felsman) Buteyn

Spouse:

Marian Schroeder

child:

Richard Buteyn

child:

Jean Buteyn

child:

Steven Buteyn

child:

Douglas Buteyn

child:

Carol Buteyn

child:

Joyce Buteyn