Background
Larsen, Lauritz was born on November 28, 1882 in Decorah, Iowa, United States. Son of Peter Laurentius and Ingeborg (Astrup) Larsen.
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Lauritz Larsen
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Bachelor of Arts, Luther College, Decorah, 1902. Graduate Luther Theological Seminary, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1907. South.T.D., Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1919.
Doctor of Divinity, Thiel College, Greenville, Pennsylvania, 1919.
Doctor of Laws, Muhlenberg College, Pennsylvania, 1921.
Career
Principal public schools, Clifford, North Dakota, 1902-1903, Buxton, North Dakota, 1903-1904. Teacher English and Latin, State Manual Training School, Ellendale, North Dakota, 1904-1905. Ordained ministry Norwegian Lutheran Church America, 1907.
Pastor Plaza, North Dakota, 1907-1908, Cresco, Iowa, 1908-1913, Brooklyn, New York, 1913-1918.
Secretary National Lutheran Common for Soldiers and Sailors Welfare, since 1917. Secretary Eastern district Norwegian Lutheran Church America, 1917-1919.
General secretary National Lutheran Council, since 1920. Secretary Lutheran Foreign Missions Conference of North.A., since 1919.
Editor of Our Friend, 1908-1917.
Editor of Children’s Friend, 1917-1918. President Norwegian Lutheran Deaconesses Home and Hospital, Brooklyn, since 1917. Author of Annual Report of National Lutheran Council, 3 years, 1919-1921.
Translator: Youth and Christianity (from the Norwegian), 1916.
Home: Brooklyn, New New York
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Married Charlotte Emilie Haugen, June 16, 1908.
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