Background
Piper, Otto Alfred was born on November 29, 1891 in Lichte, Germany. Came to the United States, 1937. Naturalized, 1942.
Piper, Otto Alfred was born on November 29, 1891 in Lichte, Germany. Came to the United States, 1937. Naturalized, 1942.
Doctor of Theology, University Goettingen, Germany, 1920. Doctor of Divinity, Faculté Libre, Paris, France, 1928. Doctor of Laws, Wittenberg University, 1949.
Member faculty University Goettingen, Germany, 1920-1930, associate professor systematic theology Germany, 1928-1930. Professor systematic theology University Muenster, Germany, 1930-1933. Expelled by Hitler, 1933.
Fellow Woodbrooke College, England, 1933-1934. Guest professor University Wales, Swansea College, 1934-1936, University Wales, Bangor College, 1936-1937. Visiting professor Princeton Theological Seminary, 1937-1941, Helen P. Manson professor New Testament literature and exegesis, 1941-1962, professor emeritus.
Visiting lector University Heidelberg, 1950, University Sao Paulo (Brazil), 1953, Presbyterian Seminary, Campinas, Brazil, 1957, Theological faculty, Montpellier, France, University Muenster, 1958, Union College, University Vancouver (British Columbia), 1960, Biblical Seminary, New York City, 1962, 64, New Brunswick Theological Seminary, 1963. Croall lecturer University Edinburgh, 1935. Stone lecturer Princeton Theological Seminary, 1938.
Smyth lecturer Columbia Seminary, Decatur, Georgia, 1949. Sprunt lecturer Union Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, 1959. With Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1964, Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary, 1964-1965, Biblical Seminary, New York City, 1965-1966, Western Theological Seminary, Holland, Michigan, 1966, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1967.
Ecumenical conferences at Lausanne, 1927, Oxford and Edinburgh, 1937. Director Lilly Endowment bibliographical project for New Testament literature, 1961-1968.
Vice president American Relief Center Europe. President Emergency Committee German Protestantism, 1945-1966. Member American Theological Society (president 1958-1959), Society Biblical Literature (honorary president 1970-1971), Society Church History, Society Reformation Research, American Oriental Society.
Son of Moritz and Julie (Naveau ). Married Elizabeth A. Salinger, April 14, 1920 (deceased 1948). Children: Ruth M. White, Manfred K., Gero K. (December 1944).
Married second, Elisabeth J. Rueger, August 24, 1950.