Background
Rudisill, Dorus Paul was born on April 30, 1902 in Cherryville, North Carolina, United States. Son of John Henry and Sarah Frances (Rudisill) Rudisill.
Rudisill, Dorus Paul was born on April 30, 1902 in Cherryville, North Carolina, United States. Son of John Henry and Sarah Frances (Rudisill) Rudisill.
Bachelor of Arts, Lenoir Rhyne College, 1922. Postgraduate Mount Airy Seminary, 1922-1923. Bachelor of Divinity, Lutheran Southern Seminary, 1925.
Master of Arts, University South Carolina., 1925.
School of Theology and Ministry, Hartford Seminary, 1932. Doctor of Philosophy, Duke, 1945.
Ordained to ministry Lutheran Church, 1926. Minister Dallas, North Carolina, 1925-1931, Morganton, North Carolina, 1932-1942, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1942-1946. Teaching fellow Duke, 1943-1945.
Professor philosophy and religious studies, Lenoir Rhyne College, Hickory, North Carolina, 1946-1973.
President Coosa Development Company, Incorporated., Goodwater, Alabama, 1971-1978. Republican to National Council Churches from North Carolina Council Churches Board trustees Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary.
Member North Carolina Philosophical Society, Society Biblical Literature. Clubs: Executives, Rotary.
Married Robbie Ione Stevenson, August 30, 1935. Children: Dorus Paul, Barbara Stevenson.