Background
Lohr, Harold Russell was born on August 31, 1922 in Gary, South Dakota, United States. Son of Lester Albert and Nora Helena (Fossum) Lohr.
Lohr, Harold Russell was born on August 31, 1922 in Gary, South Dakota, United States. Son of Lester Albert and Nora Helena (Fossum) Lohr.
Bachelor of Science summa cum laude, South Dakot State University, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California-Berkeley, 1950; Master of Divinity summa cum laude, Augustana Theological Seminary, Rock Island, Illinois, 1958.
Research chemist, Argonne National laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, 1950-1954; pastor, Lutheran Church of Ascension, Northfield, Illinois, 1958-1970; associate executive, Board College Education, New York City, 1970-1973; director research, Division Professional Leadership, Philadelphia, 1973-1977; associate executive, Division Professional Leadership, Philadelphia, 1977-1980; synodical bishop, Lutheran Church in American, Fargo, North Dakota, 1980-1987; synodical bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in American, Moorhead, Minnesota, 1988-1991; retired, Evangelical Lutheran Church in American, Moorhead, Minnesota, 1991. Member executive council Lutheran Church in American, New York City, 1982-1987. Member of commission of peace and war, 1983-1985.
Board directors Gustavus Adolphus College, 1980-1987, Luther Northwestern Seminary, St. Paul, 1980-1987, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, 1988-1991. Member church council Evangelical Lutheran Church in American, Chicago, 1990-1991, disciplinary hearing officer, 1992-1997, interim director synodical relations, 1993-1994. Member board governors Chicago Center Religion and Science, 1987-1999, Zygon Center Religion and Science, Chicago, 1999-2003.
Member Summit on Environmental, Joint Appeal in Religion and Science, Washington, 1992. Member advisory board Center for Faith and Science Exchange, Concord, Massachusetts, 1995-1999, member executive board, 1999-2001. Member diocesan review committee Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts, 2003-2008.
Member Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Theola Marie Kottke, June 21, 1947 (divorced December 1973). Children: Philip Kyle, David Scott, Michael John, Richard, Susan Jeftrey, Timofhy, Hoang. Married Edith Mary Morgan, December 31, 1973.