Background
Bodensieck, Julius HEnry was born on June 19, 1894 in Hameln, Germany. Came to the United States, 1910, naturalized, 1926. Son of Ernst August and Minna (Niemack) Bodensieck.
Bodensieck, Julius HEnry was born on June 19, 1894 in Hameln, Germany. Came to the United States, 1910, naturalized, 1926. Son of Ernst August and Minna (Niemack) Bodensieck.
Graduate, Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, 1917. Total harmonic distortion Muenster, 1951. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Wartburg College, 1965.
Pastor, St. Paul, to 1918;
professor Latin and Greek, Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa., 1918-1921;
professor New Testament theology, Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa., 1921-1930;
president, Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, 1940-1948;
professor Bible, Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, 1954-1964;
associate pastor, St. Matthew Luth Church, Aurora, 1965-1986. Member central committee faith and order World Council Churches, 1952-1962. Lutheran World Federation theological commissioner in Europe, 1949-1953.
Appointed by Federal Council Churches Christ, United States Protestant Liason Republican with Office of Military Government for Germany, 1946-1948.
Married Elma Sommer, June 19, 1918 (deceased November 1936). Children: Mathilde Bodensieck Fritschel, Justus. Married Justine Henkelmann, May 7, 1938.