Background
Wallace, Robert Bruce was born on August 28, 1933 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Son of Samuel S. and Mildred (Butterbaugh) Wallace.
Wallace, Robert Bruce was born on August 28, 1933 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Son of Samuel S. and Mildred (Butterbaugh) Wallace.
Bachelor, University Redlands, 1955. Master of Divinity, American Baptist Seminary, Berkeley, California, 1958. STD, San Francisco Theological Seminary, 1978.
Associate minister, 1st Baptist Church, Los Angeles, 1958-1961; campus minister, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1961-1965; minister, university pastor, University Baptist, State College, Pennsylvania, 1965-1973; senior minister, 1st Baptist Church, Redlands, California, 1973-1983; senior minister, 1st Baptist Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1984-1991; senior minister, 1st Baptist Church, Melrose, Massachusetts, since 1991. Chairman Interfaith Counseling Svc., Ann Arbor, 1985-1990, East Valley Area Health Council, Redlands, 1980-1982, Division Christian Higher Education, East Lansing, Michigan, 1985-1990. Board directors North American Baptist Peace Fellowship.
Chairman Housing Commission, Redland, 1982-1983, Shelter Association, Ann Arbor, 1988, Fair Housing, 1997, American-Baptist Elder Ministries, 1998. Active Housing Policy Board, Ann Arbor, 1990-1991, Human Rights Commission, Melrose, Massachusetts. Member American Baptist Ministers Council, Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs, American Baptist Campus Ministry Association, Rotary.
Son of and Mildred (Butterbaugh) W. Married Donna J. Sutton, June 28, 1957 (divorced May 1980). Married Peggy Ruth Riggins, June 19, 1981.
Children: Lynn, Bonnie, David, Richard.