Background
Pannkoke, Otto Herman was born on July 12, 1887 in Hameln, Germany. Son of Adolph (Doctor of Medicine and Minna (Wrede) Pannkoke.
Pannkoke, Otto Herman was born on July 12, 1887 in Hameln, Germany. Son of Adolph (Doctor of Medicine and Minna (Wrede) Pannkoke.
Brought to the United States, 1897. Bachelor of Arts, Concordia College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1905. Graduate Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 1908.
Post-graduate work, Columbia, 1912-1916. Bachelor of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1915. Studied University of Chicago, 1932-1933.
Doctor of Divinity, Lenoir College, Hickory, North Carolina, 1920.
Ordained Lutheran ministry, 1908. Pastor Hebron, North Dakota, 1908-1909, Rugby, Illinois, 1909-1911, Brooklyn, New York, 1911-1917. Professor economics and secretary Concordia School of Commerce and Accountancy, New York City, 1914-1916.
Secretary New York Reformation Quadricentenary Committee, 1916-1917. In charge campaign of education, National Lutheran Common for Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Welfare, 1918-1919, of National Lutheran Council Reconstruction Campaign, 1919, of Lutheran Forward Movement for World Service, 1919. Director many educational and financial campaigns within Lutheran Church.
Executive secretary Lutheran Bureau, 1917-1921. Director Lutheran Seminar, University of Chicago, 1933, University of Minnesota, 1935.
Married Clara M. Dallmann, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 10, 1915. Children: Dorothy Minna, Paul Adolph.