Background
Forell, George Wolfgang was born on September 19, 1919 in Breslau, Germany. Son of Frederick J. and Madeleine (Kretschmar) Forell. came to the United States, 1939, naturalized, 1945.
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Forell, George Wolfgang was born on September 19, 1919 in Breslau, Germany. Son of Frederick J. and Madeleine (Kretschmar) Forell. came to the United States, 1939, naturalized, 1945.
Student, University Vienna, 1938. Bachelor's Degree, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1941. Master of Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1943.
Doctor of Theology, Union Theological Seminary, New York City, 1949. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Wartburg Theological Seminary, 1967. Doctor of Humane Letters, Gustavus Adolphus College, 1974.
Doctor of Laws, Luther College, 1983. Doctor of Letters, Upsala College, 1983.
He was a world-renowned scholar, author, lecturer, and guest professor in the field of Christian ethics. In 1939 he came to the United States as a refugee from Nazi Germany. He enrolled at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia as a student in theology.
While serving as a parish pastor, he continued his education at Princeton Theological Seminary and Union Theological Seminary.
Forell joined Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minnesota, as a Professor of Philosophy in 1949. In 1954 he moved to the University of Iowa as Professor of Religion.
In 1958-1959 he served as guest-professor at the University of Hamburg, Germany. He was Director of the Department of Religious Studies at The University of Iowa from 1966 to 1971.
In 1973, he was named Carver Distinguished Professor of Religion.
Forell is a past president of the American Society for Reformation Research. Forell has also served as a Professor of Systematic Theology at the Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary in Maywood, Illinois (now part of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) After his retirement from the University of Iowa in 1989 he lectured for extended periods of time in seminaries in Tokyo, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other academic institutions in Asia and Europe. He received honorary degrees from Gustavus Adolphus College, Wartburg Theological Seminary, Luther College and Upsala College.
In 1984, a Festschrift, "Piety, Politics and Ethics", edited by Carter Lindberg, was published by the Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Incorporated.
Forell was named the distinguished alum for 2002 from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia.
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Member Church Council Evangelical Lutheran Church American, 1987-1991. Member American Philosophical Association, American Society Church History, American Society Reformation Research (president 1959), Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Elizabeth Jean Rossing, June 14, 1945. Children: Madeleine Helene (Mistress Gary Marshall), Mary Elizabeth (Mistress Christopher Davis).