Background
Reed, Luther Dotterer was born on March 21, 1873 in N. Wales, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Review Ezra L. and Annie (Linley) Reed.
Reed, Luther Dotterer was born on March 21, 1873 in N. Wales, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Review Ezra L. and Annie (Linley) Reed.
Bachelor of Arts, Franklin and Marshall College, 1892, Master of Arts, 1897. Graduate Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1895. Student of University of Leipzig, 1902.
Doctor of Divinity, Thiel, 1912, Muhlenberg, 1912.
A.E.D. (Doctor of Fine Arts), Muhlenberg, 1936.
Pastor Allegheny, Pennsylvania, 1895-1903, Jeanette, Pennsylvania, 1903-1904. Director Krauth Memorial Library, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Mount Airy, Philadelphia, 1906-1950. Professor liturgics and church art, same, 1911-1945.
President of the Seminary, 1939-1945.
President emeritus, 1945-1972. President Church Music and Liturgical Art Society, 1907-1936.
President and editor Memoirs, Lutheran Liturgical Association, 1898-1906. President Associated Bureaus of Church Architecture of the United States and Canada, 1930-1940.
Secretary, later chairman joint committee which prepared text and music of the Common Service Book and other hymnals and liturgical books of United Lutheran Church.
Conducted conferences on the liturgy, church architecture and church music in many states. Archivist of ministerium of Pennsylvania, 1909-1939, United Lutheran Church since 1919.
Clubs: University, Art Alliance (Philadelphia).
Married Catherine South. Ashbridge, June 2, 1906.