Background
Tressler, Victor George Augustine was born on April 10, 1865 in Somerfield, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Review John William and Carrie (Augustine) Tressler.
Tressler, Victor George Augustine was born on April 10, 1865 in Somerfield, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Review John William and Carrie (Augustine) Tressler.
Pennsylvania State College, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, 1880-1882. Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, 1886, A.M., 1889. Student of law, Chicago, 1887-1888.
Bachelor of Divinity, McCormick Theological Seminary, 1891. Correspondent student Hebrew, University of Chicago, 1895. University of Leipzig, 1897-1900, Doctor of Philosophy., magna cum laude, 1900.
University of Berlin, 1900, University of Paris, 1901. (Doctor of Divinity, Susquehanna U., 1905).
Ordained Lutheran ministry, 1892. Pastor Grace Lutheran Church, San Jose, California, 1891-1898. Lecturer history, San Jose Academy, 1896-1898.
Dean and professor philosophy, Ansgar College, Hutchinson, Minnesota, 1901-1902. Professor Greek, Wittenberg College, 1903-1905, New Testament philology and criticism, Hamma Divinity School, Springfield, O., since 1905. President General Synod Evangelical Lutheran Church United States of America, since 1917.
Mason.
Married Mary Baugher Gotwald, 1906.