Background
Eckard, Ralph Edgar was born on June 22, 1927 in Alexander County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Frederick Lee and Vertie Veronica (Price) Eckard.
Eckard, Ralph Edgar was born on June 22, 1927 in Alexander County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Frederick Lee and Vertie Veronica (Price) Eckard.
Bachelor's Degree, Lenoir Rhyne College, Hickory, North Carolina, 1947; Master of Divinity, Lutheran School Theology Chicago, 1950; Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Lenoir Rhyne College, 1974.
Assistant pastor, St. John's Lutheran Church, Council Bluffs, Iowa., 1950-1951; pastor, First Lutheran Church, Newton, Iowa., 1951-1956; pastor, Trinity Lutheran Church, Kirkwood, Missouri, 1956-1960; pastor, Wilmette (Illinois) Lutheran, 1960-1961; stewardship secretary, Illinois Synod United Lutheran Church American, Chicago, 1961-1962; assistant to president/bishop, Lutheran Church American, New York City, 1962-1991. Acting executive director Office for Communications, New York City, 1972-1973, 77. Bishop's liaison Board of Publication, Philadelphia, 1982-1987.
President Parent-Teachers Association, Englewood, New Jersey, 1966.
Married Betty Jane Froehlich, June 10, 1950. Children: Nancy Ellen Eckard Verderosa, Ruth Ann Eckard Anderson, Linda Jane.