Donald Richard Ortner

Background

Ortner, Donald Richard was born on September 2, 1922 in Bay City, Michigan, United States. Son of Richard John and Caroline Dorothea Elisabeth (Deuring) Ortner.

Education

Bachelor, Northwestern College, Watertown, Wisconsin, 1944. Bachelor of Music, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, 1946. Master of Arts, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, 1957.

Candidatus Reverendi Ministerii, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Seminary, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Michigan State University, 1964. Master of Science, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1980.

Career

Assistant pastor, St. John's Lutheran Church, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1947-1949; pastor, Church of the Redeemer, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 1949-1952; pastor, Christ Church, St. Catharines, Ontario, 1952-1954; pastor, St. John's Church, Waltz, Michigan, 1954-1957; Latin teacher, guidance counselor, Rodney B. Wilson High School, St. Johns, Michigan, 1957-1960; assistant professor, director counseling, Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa., 1960-1961; assistant professor to professor emeritus psychology and sociology, Hampden Sydney (Virginia) College, since 1961; dean students, Hampden Sydney (Virginia) College, 1963-1970; college psychologist, Hampden Sydney (Virginia) College, since 1970; department chairman psychology, Hampden Sydney (Virginia) College, 1964-1990. Pastor St. John's Lutheran Church, Farmville, Virginia, since 1961. Sociological researcher Evangelical-Lutheran State Church Iceland, since 1985.

Achievements

• Donald Richard Ortner has been listed as a noteworthy psychology and sociology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member committee troop 6516 Boy Scouts American, since 1980. Member American Psychological Association (associate), American Counseling Association, Society for Science Study Religion, Southern Society Philosophy and Psychology, Sigma Nu.

Connections

Married Gertrude Martha Stoekli, June 29, 1947. 1 child, Stephen Richard Edward.

Father:

Richard John Ortner

Mother:

Caroline Dorothea Elisabeth (Deuring) Ortner

Spouse:

Gertrude Martha Stoekli

child:

Stephen Richard Edward Ortner