Background
Burgstahler, Herbert John was born on November 24, 1886 in Buffalo Lake, Minnesota, United States. Son of John Andrew and Martha Mary (Burkhardt) Burgstahler.
Burgstahler, Herbert John was born on November 24, 1886 in Buffalo Lake, Minnesota, United States. Son of John Andrew and Martha Mary (Burkhardt) Burgstahler.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Minnesota, 1913. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Boston University, 1915, Doctor of Laws, 1930. Doctor of Divinity, Syracuse, 1923.
Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, 1915. Pastor Bell Congressional Church and Minnehaha Methodist Episcopal Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1909-1913, Greenwood (Massachusetts) Union Church, 1913-1915, Lake Harriet Methodist Episcopal Church, Minneapolis, 1915-1917, Central Park Church, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1917-1921, First Church, Rochester, New York, 1921-1925, Plymouth Church, Buffalo, New York, 1925-1927. President Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, 1927-1939.
President Ohio Wesleyan University 1939-1947, chancellor, 1947-1955, president emeritus.
Author: How to Raise Funds for Schools and Colleges.
Member Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho, Kappa Delta Pi, Omicron Delta Kappa. Mason.; Rotarian.
Married Alice Mabel Wolf, June 24, 1909. Children: Cyrus Herbert, Faith Adelle.