Background
Rochelle, Jay Cooper was born on December 28, 1938 in Southampton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Norman Harold and Marion Emma (Sommer) Rochelle.
Rochelle, Jay Cooper was born on December 28, 1938 in Southampton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Norman Harold and Marion Emma (Sommer) Rochelle.
Associate of Arts, St. John's College, Winfield, Kansas, 1959. Bachelor, Concordia Senior College, Fort Wayne, 1961. Postgraduate, Lutheran School Theological, 1963.
Master of Divinity, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 1965. Master of Theology, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, 1968. Postgraduate, Yale University.
Postgraduate, Valparaiso University. Postgraduate, Claremont University.
Pastor, Ascension Lutheran Church, Pittsburgh, 1965-1968; pastor, St. John's Church, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1968-1970; campus pastor, Bloomsburg U., Pennsylvania, 1970-1977; campus pastor, Yale University, New Haven, 1977-1981; professor, Lutheran School Theology, Chicago, since 1982.
Advisory board New Haven Center for Peace, Education and Action, 1978-1981. President New Haven Calligraphers' Guild, 1978-1981, Chicago Calligraphy Collective, 1987-1988. Board directors Society of Scribes, New York City, 1981.
Member International Dietrich Bonhoeffer Society (member translation team), American Academy Religion, North America Academy Liturgy, Society Buddhist-Christian Studies.
Married Cynthia Ann Hull, June 16, 1962 (divorced 1981). Married Susan Etta Steinhaus, November 26, 1983. Children: Leah, Peter, Glynis, Micah, Caleb.