Background
Fischer, Robert H. was born on April 26, 1918 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of M. Hadwin and M. Alice (Gortner) Fischer.
church history educator emeritus
Fischer, Robert H. was born on April 26, 1918 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of M. Hadwin and M. Alice (Gortner) Fischer.
AB, Gettysburg College, 1939. Bachelor's Degree, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1947.
Pastor Community Parish, Hartland, Vermont, 1944-1945. Assistant pastor Zion Lutheran Church, Sunbury, Pennsylvania, 1947-1949. Professor church history Lutheran School Theological, Chicago, 1949-1986.
Established Lutheran tutorship Mansfield College, Oxford University, 1957-1958. Participant International Congresses for Lutheran Research. Guest professor Theologische Hochschule, Berlin, 1973, Japan Lutheran Seminary, Tokyo, 1980.
Member Society for Reformation Research (president 1954), American Theological Society (president midwest division 1961-1962, secretary-treasurer 1964-1986), Lutheran History Conference (vice president 1972-1976, board directors since 1984), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Gamma Delta. Clubs: Substitute Veterans Chorus (accompanist, associate director 1949-1985) (LaGrange).
Married Edna Mae Black, September 5, 1942. 1 child, Susan K. Fischer Wade.