Background
Steimle, Edmund Augustus was born on September 19, 1907 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Augustus and Emily (Bruning) Steimle.
Steimle, Edmund Augustus was born on September 19, 1907 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Augustus and Emily (Bruning) Steimle.
Graduate, Phiilips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1926. AB, Princeton University, 1930. Bachelor's Degree, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1935.
AM, University Pennsylvania, 1934. Doctor of Divinity, Wagner College, 1950. Doctor of Divinity, Pacific Lutheran University, 1977.
Doctor of Letters, Muhlenberg College, 1957. Doctor of Laws, Roanoke College, 1960. Doctor of Laws, Gettysburg College, 1962.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Hamilton College, 1974.
Teaching fellow Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1933-1935, Hagan professor practical theology, 1952-1961. Pastor Jersey City, 1935-1940, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1940-1952. Brown professor homiletics Union Theological Seminary, New York City, 1961-1975, emeritus, 1975-1988.
Visiting professor preaching Louisville Prebyn. Theological Seminary, 1976. Adjunct professor preaching Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, 1976-1982.
Zimmerman lecturer Gettysburg Theological Seminary, 1960. Gray lecturer Duke Division School, 1966. Preacher on radio, 1955-1974.
Married Rosalind Weinert Ball, April 24, 1936 (deceased). Children: Sondra (Mistress David R. Offord), Rosalind Ball (Mistress David J. Horn), Edmund Augustus. Married Eleanor Floyd Wadleigh, January 23, 1971.