Background
Bergwall, Evan Harold was born on September 16, 1915 in Jamestown, New York, United States. Son of A. Elof and Alice H. (Lund) Bergwall.
Bergwall, Evan Harold was born on September 16, 1915 in Jamestown, New York, United States. Son of A. Elof and Alice H. (Lund) Bergwall.
Bachelor of Arts, Taylor U., 1939. Bachelor of Divinity, Yale (Tew prize 1942, Julia Archibald High scholar, Day fellow 1943), 1943. Postgraduate Yale, New York University, Emory University, Oxford (England) University.
Doctor of Divinity, Asbury Theological Seminary, 1955.
Ordained to ministry Methodist Church, 1941. Minister Bethelship Church, Brooklyn, 1941-1943, Grace Church, Waterbury, Connecticut, 1943-1945, Lexington Avenue Church, New York City, 1945-1948, High St. Church, Muncie, Indiana, 1948-1949, First Church, Kendallville, Indiana, 1949-1951. President Taylor U., Upland, Indiana, 1951-1959.
Minister Simpson Methodist Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1959-1967. Superintendent Elkhart district N. Indiana Conference, 1967-1973. Director chaplaincy services Parkview Memorial Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1973-1979.
Goodwill ambassador to Methodist Church in Germany, 1950. Visitor mission stations Methodist Church in Congo and Rhodesia, summer 1963, 70, 72, Middle East, 1953, 63, 70, Haiti, 1968, 70. Member of staff Fort Wayne Counseling Center of Methodist Church.
Delegate General and Jurisdictional conferences Methodist Church, 1968. Chairman board Basher Home of United Methodist Church, Goshen, Indiana. President of the board Bethel Methodist Home for Aged, Ossining, New York, 1947-1948.
Board directors Child Care Foundation.
Member American Association School Adminstrs., National Education Association, North Indiana Conference Methodist Church, Chi Alpha Omega.
Married Jean Mitchell Francis, August 30, 1941. Children: Evan Harold, David Francis.