Background

Lund, Wendell Luther was born on December 31, 1905 in Prentice, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Review Carl A. and Bertha Elizabeth Lund.

Education

AB, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, 1927. Doctor of Humane Letters, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, 1968. AM, Columbia University, 1930.

Juris Doctor, Georgetown University, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1933.

Career

Checker, C.&N.W. R.R. (iron ore docks), Escanaba, Michigan, 1922-1923; worked in tie yard and iron ore docks, C.&N.W. R.R. (iron ore docks), summers 1924-1927; teacher, Upsala College, E. Orange, New Jersey, 1927-1929; associate Professor of English, Augustana College, 1930-1931; executive secretary, Augustana College, 1933-1934; executive secretary, Upper Monongahela Valley Committee, Washington, 1934; member, Taylor Act Committee, Department Interior, 1934; secretary, Mich Administrative Board, Lansing, 1941; executive director, Michigan Unemployment Compensation Committee, 1941-1942; director labor production division War Production Board, also member, War Manpower Commission, 1942-1943; special assistant to chairman, War Production Board, 1943; practicing attorney, member firm, Lund & O'Brien & predecessor firms, Washington, 1943-1996; retired, 1996; chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Schonstedt Instrument Company, 1993. Delaware World Council of Churches, Evanston, 1954, Uppsala, Sweden, 1968. Member Board Pensions, Lutheran Church in American, 1963-1967, 70-79, president, 1967-1968,74-79.

Democratic nominee for Congress, 11th Michigan District, 1940. Presidential elector, 1944.

Works

• Other Work

  • Contributor articles to professional journals.

Membership

Board directors Augustana College, 1974-1988. Member American Bar Association, Bar Association District of Columbia, Washington Institute Foreign Affairs, Congressional Country Club (Washington), Burning Tree (Washington), Metropolitan Club (Washington).

Connections

Married Anne Catherine Greve, November 8, 1934 (deceased). Children: Judith (Mistress Barton Biggs), Carole (Mistress John A. Benning), Mary Wendell. Married Marian Alice Hope, 1981.

father:

Review Carl A.

mother:

Bertha Elizabeth Lund

spouse:

Marian Alice Hope

spouse:

Anne Catherine Greve

child:

Judith Lund (Mistress Barton Biggs)

child:

Carole Lund (Mistress John A. Benning)

child:

Mary Wendell Lund