Edgar Leroy Hiestand

Background

Hiestand, Edgar Leroy was born on January 7, 1934 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Son of Edgar Leroy Hietstand and Alice Lillian Pettey.

Education

Bachelor, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1955. Master of Divinity, Yale Division School, New Haven, 1955. Doctor of Ministry, Garrett Evangelical Theological School, Evanston, 1992.

Career

Pastor Aldersgate United Methodist Church, Wheaton, Illinois, 1959—1963, Neighborhood United Methodist Church, Maywood, 1963—1970, West Ridge United Methodist Church, Chicago, 1970—1984, River Forest United Methodist Church, 1984—1997, Harvard United Methodist Church, 1997—1999. Ecumenical, interrreligious officer United Methodist Church Northern Illinois Conference, Oak Park, since 1999. Chairman Peace and World Order, United Methodist Church Northern Illinois, 1962—1966, registrar board ordained ministry, 1980—1988, chairman Commission on Christian Unity Interreligious Concerns, Illinois, 1992—1996, secretary India Reconnect Mission, Illinois, since 2000, webmaster, editor Commission on Christian Unity Interreligious Concerns, since 2000.

Achievements

• Edgar Leroy Hiestand has been listed as a noteworthy minister by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member steering committee Office Economic Opportunity, Cook County, Illinois, 1967—1970. Chairman, organizer, founder Rogers Park Nuclear Freeze Campaign, Chicago, 1982. President Illinois Conference Churches, 1996—1999.

World Methodist delegate Vatical Interreligious Collaboration, 1999. Organizer Interfaith Community Congregation, Oak Park. Board directors High Ridge Young Men’s Christian Association, Chicago, 1979.

Member of Belles Lettres Society.

Interests

• Photography, singing.

Connections

Married Nancy Ann Innis, August 19, 1955. Children: Sarah, John, Amy, Marietta.

Father:

Edgar Leroy Hietstand

Mother:

Alice Lillian Pettey

Spouse:

Nancy Ann Innis

child:

Sarah Hiestand

child:

Marietta Hiestand

child:

John Hiestand

child:

Amy Hiestand