Background
Marshall, Robert James was born on August 26, 1918 in Burlington, Iowa, United States. Son of Robert McCray and Margaret Emma (Gysin) Marshall.
Marshall, Robert James was born on August 26, 1918 in Burlington, Iowa, United States. Son of Robert McCray and Margaret Emma (Gysin) Marshall.
AB, Wittenberg University, 1941. Bachelor of Divinity, Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary, 1944. Postgraduate, University Chicago, 1952.
Doctor of Divinity, Carthage College, 1961. Doctor of Divinity, Wittenberg University, 1963. Doctor of Divinity, Northwestern Lutheran Seminary, 1969.
Doctor of Divinity, Waterloo University, 1970. Doctor of Humane Letters, Gettysburg College, 1965. Doctor of Laws, Augustana College, 1968.
Doctor of Laws, Wagner College, 1968. Doctor of Laws, Muhlenberg College, 1969. Doctor of Laws, Upsala College, 1969.
Doctor of Laws, Wittenberg University, 1969. S.T.D., Thiel College, 1971. Juris Canonici Doctor, Juris Civilis Doctor, Susquehanna University, 1969.
Doctor of Letters, Roanoke College, 1970. Lit.D., Newberry College, 1972. D. Theological, St. Olaf College, 1974.
Ordained to ministry, Lutheran Church, 1944;
pastor, Grace Lutheran Church, Alhambra, California, 1944-1947;
instructor religion, Muhlenberg (Pennsylvania) College, 1947-1949;
head department religion, Muhlenberg (Pennsylvania) College, 1952-1953;
professor O.T. interpretation, Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary, Maywood, Illinois, 1953-1962;
president, Illinois Synod Lutheran Church in American, 1962-1968;
president, Lutheran Church in American, New York City, 1968-1978;
director mission, service and development, Lutheran World Ministries, 1978-1980;
professor, O.T., Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, South Carolina., 1981-1993;
adjunct professor of Old Testament, senior associate Center for Global Mission, Lutheran School Theology, Chicago, since 1993;
director, Chicago Center for Global Ministries, since 1994. Member of Executive Committee Lutheran World Federation, 1968-1978. Member central committee, Executive Committee World Council Churches, 1968-1980, commission on inter-church aid, refugees and world service, since 1980.
Member governing board National Council Churches of Christ in United States of America, 1968-1978, 85-87. Member Common for a New Lutheran Church, 1982-1986. Member Executive Committee Lutheran Council in United States of America, 1968-1978.
Board directors Lutheran World Relief, since 1968, president, since 1980, member executive council, 1964-1968. Chairman.on Evangelical Lutheran Church American, 1963-1964, member church council, standing committee onecumenical affairs, 1987-1993. Member church world service committee National Council Churches, since 1978, chairman, 1985-1987.
Member of advisory committee volunteer foreign aid Agency for International Development, since 1979, vice chairman, since 1981. Annual professor American School Oriental Research, Jerusalem, 1958-1959. Executive Board Chicago Conference on Religion and Race, 1964-1968.
Board of directors Grand View College, 1966-1968, Augustana College, 1963-1968, Lutheran School Theology, 1963-1968, Augustana Hospital, Chicago, 1963-1968, Lutheran Hospital, Moline, Illinois, 1963-1968, Wheat Ridge Foundation, since 1984. Member Chicago Society Biblical Research (secretary 1962-1968), National Association professors Hebrew, Society Biblical Literature and Exegesis, American Bible Society (board of managers 1968-1980).
Married Alice Johanna Hepner, February 6, 1943 (deceased 1998). Children: Robert Edward, Margaret Alice Niederer.