Background
Stolee, Michael J. was born on September 24, 1871 in Haugesund, Norway. Son of Jacob and Knutianna (Rover) Stolee.
Stolee, Michael J. was born on September 24, 1871 in Haugesund, Norway. Son of Jacob and Knutianna (Rover) Stolee.
Came to the United States, 1886. Student Angustana College, Canton, South Dakot, 1890-1894. Bachelor of Arts, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1897.
Graduate Theological Seminary of United Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, 1900. Studied the Sorbonne, Paris, France, 1911, University of Christiania, 1912. Doctor of Divinity, Augustana College and Seminary, Illinois, 1923.
Master of Theology from Drew University, 1928, Doctor of Theology, 1929.
Ordained Lutheran ministry, 1900. Missionary to Island of Madagascar, 1901-1909, and general superintendent of missions there, 1903-1909. President National Young People’s League of Norwegian Lutheran Church of America, 1913-1915.
Professor practical theology, 1912-1920, professor dogmatics and missions since 1920, Luther Theological Seminary, St. Anthony Park, Minnesota. Also pastor Wartburg Lutheran Church, St. Paul, Minnesota Commissioner on reconstruction work in Europe, in France and Poland, by appointment of National Lutheran Commission, March-September 1919, Pastor Gethsemane Lutheran Church Minneapolis, since 1941. Secretary Board of Foreign Missions Norwegian Lutheran Company.
Author: The Genesis of Religion, 1930.
Married Martha Josephine Knutsen, June 27, 1900.