Background
Halverson, Wendell Quelprud was born on July 11, 1916 in Austin, Minnesota, United States. Son of Arthur Benjamin and Emma Josephine (Pederson) Halverson.
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Halverson, Wendell Quelprud was born on July 11, 1916 in Austin, Minnesota, United States. Son of Arthur Benjamin and Emma Josephine (Pederson) Halverson.
Bachelor of Arts, State University Iowa, 1940; Master of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, New York City, 1943; student, Graduate School Theology, Oberlin College, 1943-1949; student, University Oslo (Norway), 1949; student, University Chicago, 1950; honorary Doctor of Divinity, Lake Forest U., 1956.
Pastor in, Clyde, Ohio, 1943-1946. Pastor in La Grange, Illinois, 1949-1958. Assistant professor philosophy religion Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio, 1946-1949.
Chicago correspondent Christian Century, 1953. Lecturer homiletics McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, 1957-1958. General presbyter Presbytery New York, United Presbyterian Church, 1958-1961.
President Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, Iowa, 1961-1973, Iowa Association Indiana Colleges and Universities, Des Moines, 1973-1980. Retired, 1980; executive director Wisconsin Association Indiana Colleges and Universities, Madison, 1980-1984. Member Wisconsin Governor's Advisory Council on Education, 1980, Wisconsin Advisory Committee on Vocational and Technology Adult Education.
Director Iowa State Educational Radio and television Broadcast, 1967-1969. Secretary church extension board New York Presbyterian Foundation, 1958-1961. Member board pensions Presbyterian Church United States of America, 1956-1958.
President Iowans for Better Justice, 1970-1973. Chairman board Iowa College Foundation, 1972-1973. President Des Moines chapter American-Scandinavian Foundation, 1974-1975.
Chairman Score, chapter 184, Lebanon, New Hampshire, 1990-1992. Member Society for Advancement Scandinavian Studies, Norwegian-American History Association, Ygdrasil Literature Club (Madison), Rotary.
Married Marian Lois Phypers, August 3, 1940 (deceased August 1985). Children— Peder Quelprud, Ingrid Maud, Timothy Greenwood.