Joel Ambrose Dunkel

Background

Dunkel, Joel Ambrose was born on April 20, 1871 in Circleville, Ohio, United States. Son of Samuel and Susanah (Berger) Dunkel.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Heidelberg University, Tiffin, O., 1894 (winner all oratorical contests). Master of Arts, Princeton, 1907. Doctor of Philosophy, Oskaloosa (Iowa) College, 1911.

Doctor of Divinity, Alma (Michigan) College, 1914.

Career

Ordained ministry Presbyterian Church, 1897. Pastor successively at Jonesboro, Gas City and Elwood, Indiana, and Saginaw, Michigan, until 1918, then Tabernacle Church, Indianapolis (builder of $1,000,000 church). Now minister First Presbyterian Church, Napoleon, O. Has served as moderator synods of Michigan and Indiana.

Member National Council Presbyterian Church (Executive Committee, 1923).

Delegate Pan Presbyterian Council, Boston, 1929.

Achievements

• Joel Ambrose Dunkel has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of the board of directors Princeton Theological Seminary. Member Indianapolis Ministers’ Association, Sons of the American Revolution, Society War of 1812, History Society of Indiana. Mason (33°, Knight of the Order of the Thistle), Odd.

Club: Kiwanis.

Connections

Married Lulu Dell Baker, June 29, 1898. Children: Wilbur Dwight, Harold Baker.

Father:

Samuel Dunkel

Mother:

Susanah (Berger) Dunkel

Spouse:

Lulu Dell Baker

child:

Wilbur Dwight Dunkel

child:

Harold Baker Dunkel