Background
Paulson, Warren Lee was born on November 18, 1932 in Racine, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Harvey Leonard and Gertrude Cecilia (Anderson) Paulson.
Paulson, Warren Lee was born on November 18, 1932 in Racine, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Harvey Leonard and Gertrude Cecilia (Anderson) Paulson.
Associate of Arts, Concordia Junior College, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1954. Master of Divinity, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, 1988. Blekinge Institute of Technology, Concordia Theological Seminary, Springfield, Illinois, 1958.
Advanced certified in clinical pastoral training, Institute Pastoral Care, 1966.
Pastor, Trinity Lutheran Church, Newberry, Michigan
pastor, Grace Lutheran Church, Germfask, Michigan, 1958-1963;
pastor, Faith Lutheran Church, Germantown, Wisconsin, 1963-1965;
with clinical training department, prison, mental and university hospitals, 1965-1966;
coordinating chaplain, Michigan Corrections Camps, Grass Lake, since 1966. Service to deaf Michigan Upper Peninsula, 1960-1962. Circuit counselor Northern Wisconsin district Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 1962-1963.
Chaplains' representative Chaplaincy Advisory Committee, Michigan Department Corrections, 1976-1979. Committee member to various denomination conversations. Chaplaincy consultant County Jail, Jackson, Michigan, 1982-1988.
Member American Protestant Correctional Chaplains Association (regional vice president 1981), American Correctional Chaplains Association, American Correctional Association, Michigan Statewide Chaplains Association (Vice-President 1989-1991, president since 1991).
Married Ruth Esther Pedersen, April 4, 1959. Children: Joy Ruth, Katherine Esther, David Warren.