Background
Fritschel, Herman Lawrence was born on May 15, 1869 in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. Son of Gottfried and Elizabeth (Koeberle) Fritschel.
Fritschel, Herman Lawrence was born on May 15, 1869 in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. Son of Gottfried and Elizabeth (Koeberle) Fritschel.
Student Wartburg College, Mendota, Illinois, 1882-1886, Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, 1886-1889, University of Leipzig, Germany, 1891-1892. Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Rostock University, Mecklenburg, Germany, 1915.
Pastor, Lutheran Church, Superior, Wisconsin, 1893, Brandon, Wisconsin, 1897. General director all Passavant Institutions, 1902-1928. Rector Lutheran Deaconess Mother House, Milwaukee, 1902-1928, administrator Milwaukee Hospital, 1941-1943.
President emeritus, 1949.
Member editorial staff Hospital Management since 1930. Commissioner European War Relief after World War I. President board Milwaukee Hospital, member board Saint Luke’s Hospital, Milwaukee, Church-Extension, Iowa Synod.
Company-organizer American Protestant Hospital Association, 1920, president of the board directors, president, 1928. Company-organizer American College of Hospital Adminstrs.
(vice president 1936), Wisconsin Hospital Association (president 1920-1927).
Company-organizer and member board directors Associate Hospital Service of Wisconsin. Bureau Nursing Education of Wisconsin (president, 1938) American Lutheran Church (president of the board of trustees, 1930-1936. President Board Education).
Member Wisconsin State History Society.
Club: Rotary.
Married Katherine East. Ide, August 23, 1894. Children: Herbert East., Margaret East., Roland G., Edgar G., Ruth H. (Mistress George F. Sullivan).