Background
Bridston, Keith Richard was born on February 20, 1924 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States. Son of Joseph Benjamin and Anna Sofie (Pederson) Bridston.
Bridston, Keith Richard was born on February 20, 1924 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States. Son of Joseph Benjamin and Anna Sofie (Pederson) Bridston.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1944; Bachelor of Divinity, Yale University, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy Edinburgh U. in Division, Scotland, 1949.
Ordained to ministry Lutheran Church, 1954. Graduate secretary Dwight Hall, Yale University, 1944-1946. International secretary Student Christian Movement Great British and Ireland, 1946-1948.
Member executive staff World's Student Christian Movement, Geneva, 1949-1952. Professor theology Higher Theological College, Djakarta, Indonesia and Nommensen University, P. Siantar, Sumatra, Indonesia, 1952-1957. Executive secretary Commission on Faith and Order, World Council Churches, Geneva, 1957-1961.
Executive director New York City office World Council Churches, New York City, 1978-1984. Theological consultant general secretariat Commission on Faith and Order, World Council Churches, Geneva, 1978-1984. Director seminars Vesper Society, San Leandro, California, 1984-1986.
Senior fellow communication divinity school Yale University, 1984-1986. Manager China senior service coprs program Vesper Society, 1987-1988. Consultant business ethics project Concordia College, Moorehead, Minnesota, from 1988.
Director study on pre-seminary education Lilly Endowment Inc., Minneapolis, 1961-1963. Professor systematic theology Pacific Lutheran Seminary and Graduate Theological Union, Berkely, California, 1963-1978. Harvard University Corporation research fellow Division School and Graduate School Business Administration, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1971-1973.
Director Case-Study Institute (Cambridge), 1971-1974. Vice president First Federal Savings & Loan Association, Grand Forks, 1978-1982.
Member of Elizabethan (Yale University).
Married Elizabeth Onstad, December 20, 1945.