Background
Isaksen, Robert L. was born in Brooklyn.
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Robert L. Isaksen
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Bachelor, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, 1957; Master of Divinity, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, 1961; Master of Sacred Theology, New York Theological Seminary, 1971; Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Upsala College, 1990.
Career
Vicar, St. Timothy Lutheran Church, Chicago, 1960;
pastor, Bethlehem, Bronx, New York, 1961-1962;
pastor, St. Peters, Bronx, 1962-1968;
pastor, Bethlehem, Baldwin, New York, 1972-1981;
Bronx Lutheran coordinator, Planning Association of Bronx Lutheran Churches, 1968-1972;
mission director, American Lutheran Church, 1981-1987;
bishop, New England Synod Evangelical Lutheran Church in American, Worcester, Massachusetts, since 1987. Advisory bishop to Board for Outreach, Evangelical Lutheran Church in American, 1988-1991, advisory bishop to Church Council, 1992-1997. Chair Boston Church Leaders Covenant, 1995-1996.
President New England Conference Church Leaders, 1993.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Superior vena cava syndrome, New York City, 1983-1987.
Connections
M. Beverly Sievertsen. Children: Elisabeth, Lois.
