Background
Strock, John Roy was born on June 8, 1882 in Allen Physician organization, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George W. and Barbara (Herman) Strock.
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John Roy Strock
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Bachelor of Arts, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1903, Master of Arts, 1908. Bachelor of Divinity, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1908. Studied Teachers’ College (Columbia).
Doctor of Divinity, Gettysburg College, 1925.
Career
Ordained Lutheran ministry, 1908. Missionary among Telugus, India, 1908-1949. Professor in Andhra Christian College, Guntur, since 1909, principal, 1913-1924, and 1926-1939.
Principal Noble College, Masulipatam, South India, 1924-1926.
President Guntur Synod. President India Mission of United Lutheran Church in America.
Convener board of examinations of Madras Representative Council of Missions. Member Executive Committee Missionary Ednl.
Council of South India.
Member Syndicate, Senate and Academic Council of Andhra University, also of National Christian Council, of which is also treasurer and member Executive Committee. Secretary Andhra Christian Council. Member All-India Central Board for Christian Higher Education.
Chairman Board of Written Examiners for Telugu, South India Language Examinations for Missionaries.
Chairman Board of-Higher Education of the United Lutheran Church in America Mission. President Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church.
President Andhra Christian Council. Vice president, All India Federation of Evangelical Lutheran Churches.
Member Tambaram Meeting of the International Missionary Council, Madras, December 1938.
Achievements
Membership
Member Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Sigma.
Connections
Married Elizabeth M. Evans, November 9, 1911.
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Republican
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Recipient (1936) from His Majesty the King Emperor of the United Kingdom of the Kaiser-i-Hind First Class (Gold) Medal in recognition of public service in India. Lecturer on the Holman Foundation, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1942. Professor of English Bible and Missions, Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary, Maywood, Illinois, 1942-1943.tempSpaceSecretary Board of Foreign Missions of United Lutheran Church in America 1943-1946. Advisory to Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church (Autonomous), India, 1946-1949. Professor theological and church history, Theological Seminary, Ranchi (India), since 1949.Recipient (1936) from His Majesty the King Emperor of the United Kingdom of the Kaiser-i-Hind First Class (Gold) Medal in recognition of public service in India. Lecturer on the Holman Foundation, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1942. Professor of English Bible and Missions, Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary, Maywood, Illinois, 1942-1943.tempSpaceSecretary Board of Foreign Missions of United Lutheran Church in America 1943-1946.
Advisory to Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church (Autonomous), India, 1946-1949. Professor theological and church history, Theological Seminary, Ranchi (India), since 1949.