George Olaf Bierkoe

Background

Bierkoe, George Olaf was born on July 2, 1895 in Brooklyn. Son of Johan Arnt and Alvilde (Boe) Bjerkoe.

Education

AB, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1922. Doctor of Letters, Muhlenberg College, 1946. Bachelor's Degree, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Mount Airy, Pennsylvania, 1925.

AM, New York University, 1935.

Career

With, Endicott-Johnson Company. New York City, 1914-1917; social worker, Lutheran Church, New York City, 1923; pastor, Church of the Good Shepherd, Bellaire, New York, 1925-1935; instructor, Boston Young Men’s Christian Association, 1936-1938; instructor, Stoneleigh College, Rye, N.H., 1937; founder, president, trustee, Endicott Junior College, Beverly, Massachusetts.

Achievements

• George Olaf Bierkoe has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Army. Member Greater Boston Cooperative Society, Beverly (Massachusetts) Chamber of Commerce, Beverly Young Men’s Christian Association, Phi Kappa Tau, Rotary.

Connections

Married Eleanor Tupper, June 21, 1933. Children: Priscilla, Barbara.

Father:

Johan Arnt Bjerkoe

Mother:

Alvilde (Boe) Bjerkoe

Spouse:

Eleanor Tupper

child:

Priscilla Bierkoe

child:

Barbara Bierkoe