Background
Heiges, Donald Russel was born on June 25, 1910 in Biglerville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edmund Dale and Elsie (Slaybaugh) Heiges.
Heiges, Donald Russel was born on June 25, 1910 in Biglerville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edmund Dale and Elsie (Slaybaugh) Heiges.
Bachelor of Arts, Gettysburg College, 1931; Doctor of Divinity, Gettysburg College, 1955; Bachelor of Divinity, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, 1934; Master of Arts, Union Theological Seminary and Columbia, 1941; Doctor of Divinity, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, 1954.
Ordained to ministry, Lutheran Church, 1935; member of faculty, chaplain, Gettysburg College, 1934-1944; Lutheran pastor to students, counselor, Columbia, 1944-1950; executive secretary division college and university work, National Lutheran Council, 1950-1958; dean, Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary, 1958-1962; president, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, 1962-1976; president, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, 1964-1970; executive director, Council for Lutheran Theological Education in North-East, 1976-1978. Board of directors National Lutheran Campus Ministry. Member directing committee, division ednl.services Lutheran Council United States.
Member Phi Beta Kappa, Eta Sigma Phi, Phi Sigma Kappa.
Married Mary Susannah Kump, June 1, 1935. Children– Carol Sue (Mistress Kenneth Reinhardt), Joan Christina (Mistress David Blythe).