Michael Conway Dixon McDaniel

Background

McDaniel, Michael Conway Dixon was born on April 8, 1929 in Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, United States. Son of John Henry and Mildred Juanita (Barrier) McDaniel.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University North Carolina, 1951; Bachelor of Divinity, Wittenberg U., 1954; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1978; honorary Doctor of Divinity, Lenoir-Rhyne College, 1983; Doctor of Laws, Belmont Abbey College, 1984.

Career

Pastor, Faith (North Carolina) Lutheran Church, 1954-1958; pastor, Church of the Ascension, Savannah, Georgia, 1958-1960; associate director evangelism, United Lutheran Church in American, New York City, 1960-1962; senior pastor, Edgebrook Lutheran Church, Chicago, 1962-1967; pastor, guest lecturer, Wittenberg U., Springfield, Ohio., 1970-1971; professor, Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, North Carolina, 1971-1982; Raymond Morris Bost distinguished professor, Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, North Carolina, 1982; director, professor Center for Theology, Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, North Carolina, since 1991; bishop North Carolina, Lutheran Church in American, Salisbury, 1982-1987; bishop North Carolina, Evangelical Lutheran Church American, Salisbury, 1988-1991. Chairman humanities division Lenoir-Rhyne College, 1973-1982. Consultant, grant coordinator National Endowment for Humanities, 1977-1979.

Master teacher Hickory Humanities Forum, since 1981. Chairman task force on ecumenical and interfaith relationships Commission Forming aNew Lutheran Church, 1983-1987. Representative Lutheran Orthodox Dialogue In United States of America, 1983-1989.

Chairman, consultant bishops governing county Evangelical Lutheran Church American, 1987-1989.

Achievements

• Michael Conway Dixon McDaniel has been listed as a noteworthy Bishop, theology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Englewood Human Relations Council, New Jersey, 1959-1960. President, trustee Edgebrook Symphony, Chicago, 1965-1967. Secretary Chicago Astronomical Society, 1966-1967.

President Community Concerts Association, Hickory, North Carolina, 1977-1980, Western Piedmont Symphony Society, 1993-1994. Served to sergeant United States Army, 1946-1948, Korea.

Connections

Married Marjorie Ruth Schneiter, November 26, 1953. 1 son, John Robert Michael.

Father:

John Henry McDaniel

Mother:

Mildred Juanita (Barrier) McDaniel

Spouse:

Marjorie Ruth Schneiter