Background
Trexler, Samuel Geiss was born on October 19, 1877 in Bernville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Review Daniel D. and Agnes A. (Geiss) Trexler.
Trexler, Samuel Geiss was born on October 19, 1877 in Bernville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Review Daniel D. and Agnes A. (Geiss) Trexler.
Graduate Luth; student at University of Jena, 1913. Student pastor of New York and N.E. Students at Columbia, Harvard, Yale and Cornell univs.
Ordained Lutheran ministry, 1899. Pastor Messiah Church, Brooklyn, New York, 1899-1912 (which he organized). Student pastor of New York and N.E. Synod, 1912-1914.
Organized religious work among Lutheran students at Columbia, Harvard, Yale and Cornell universities. Pastor Church of the Redeemer, Buffalo, 1914-1920. President Synod of New York and N.E., 1920-1929.
First president United Lutheran Synod of New York, 1929-1934, 1939-1944. Commissioner Lutheran World Federation for Russia, 1946. President Board of Foreign Missions of United Lutheran Church of America, 1940-1944.
Delegate to 3d Lutheran World Convention, Paris, 1935. Toured South America to inspect missions and schools, 1941. Chaplain United States Army in France and Germany, 1917-1919.
University preacher, Columbia and Cornell Univercity. Trustee Hartwick College, Josiah Macy Junior Foundation, Endicott College.