Background
Hoyer, Harvey Conrad was born on July 21, 1907 in Clay Company, South Dakota, United States. Son of Gust and Johannah (Norder) Hoyer.
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Harvey Conrad Hoyer
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Student, University South Dakot, 1925-1928; Bachelor of Arts, Augustana College, 1931; Doctor of Divinity, Augustana College, 1950; Bachelor of Divinity, Augustana Theological Seminary, 1936.
Career
Ordained to ministry, Lutheran Church, 1936; graduate school teacher, South Dakot, 1926-1929; principal, Mission Hill School, South Dakot, 1931-1932; pastor, Central Lutheran Church, Madison, Wisconsin, 1936-1940; pastor, Calvary Lutheran Church, Chicago, 1940-1942; president, Illinois Conference Luther League, 1938-1942; vice president, Augustana Synod Luther League, 1940-1942; executive secretary, Division American Missions, National Lutheran Council, 1942-1960; associate executive secretary division home missions, National Council Churches of Christ in United States of America, 1960-1964; associate executive secretary department for councils of churches, National Council Churches of Christ in United States of America, 1965-1970; associate executive director, Commission Regional and Local Ecumenicism, 1970-1972; president, Luther College, Teaneck, New Jersey, 1974-1975.
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Organizer Lutheran Church's ministry to temporary defense communities, 1942, National Lutheran Council's department chairman for Christian approach to Jewish people, 1946, Christian Ministry to National Parks, National Council of Churches, 1957-1960. Chairman Price County (Wisconsin) Commision on Aging, 1978. Chairman advising committee Area Agency on Aging, 1977-1978.
Chairman advising committee to Wisconsin Bureau on Aging, 1978-1979. Chairman personnel and finance committee Wisconsin Coalition on Aging Groups, president, 1979-1981. Member Association Council Sections (vice president 1964-1965, editor Journal)
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Connections
Married E. Margaret Larson, September 3, 1930. Children: Gustav Adolph, Helen JoAnn, Ruth, Marcus Conrad, Bernard Eric.
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August 3, 1996 (aged 89) -
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Buried Lakeside Cemetery Phillips, Wisconsin -
Nationality
American
Education
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1928
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1931
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1950
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1936