Background
Pauck, Wilhelm was born on January 31, 1901 in Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany. Son of Wilhelm and Maria (Hofmann) Pauck.
Pauck, Wilhelm was born on January 31, 1901 in Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany. Son of Wilhelm and Maria (Hofmann) Pauck.
Graduate Real Gymnasium, Berlin-Steglitz, 1920. License Theology, U. Berlin, 1925. Doctor Theology, honorary, U. Giessen, 1933.
Doctor of Letters, Upsala College, 1964, Thiel College, 1967.
Doctor of Divinity, Gustavus Adolphus College, 1967, U. Edinburgh (Scotland), 1968.
; married second, Marion Hausner, November 21, 1964. Came to the United States, 1925, naturalized, 1937. Professor church history Chicago Theological Seminary, 1926-1939.
Professor history theology University of Chicago, 1939-1953, professor of history, 1945-1953.
Professor church history Union Theological Seminary, 1953-1960, Charles A. Briggs Graduate professor church history, 1960-1967. Distinguished professor church history Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1967-1972, Stanford, 1972-1981.
Exchange professor of University Frankfurt (Germany), 1948-1949.
Member United Church of Christ. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Society Church History (president 1936), American Theological Society (president 1962-1963).
Married Olga C. Gumbel-Dietz, May 1, 1928 (deceased. Married second, Marion Hausner, November 21, 1964.