Background
Kohn, William Henry was born on September 27, 1915 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son of William Lewis and Christine (Obermowe) Kohn.
Kohn, William Henry was born on September 27, 1915 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son of William Lewis and Christine (Obermowe) Kohn.
Student, Concordia College, Milwaukee, 1935. Student, Concordia Theological Seminary, St Louis, 1939. Doctor of Divinity, Concordia Theological Seminary, St Louis, 1964.
Postgraduate, Johns Hopkins.
Ordained to ministry, Lutheran Church, 1940;
pastor in, Wisconsin and Maryland., 1939-1956;
pastor in, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Hyattsville, Maryland., 1956-1963;
secretary, Lutheran Mission Society Maryland., 1946-1948;
president, Lutheran Mission Society Maryland., 1948-1950;
chairman mission board, Southeastern district Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, 1951-1954;
president, Southeastern district Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, 1954-1959;
board directors, Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, 1959-1963;
president, Southeastern district, 1963-1967;
executive secretary missions, Southeastern district, 1967-1974;
senior pastor, Capitol Drive Lutheran Church, Milwaukee, 1974-1982;
visitation pastor, Capitol Drive Lutheran Church, Milwaukee
retired, 1991. Chairman Lutheran Immigration Service Committee, 1960-1967. Board directors Lutheran World Relief, 1967-1974, Good Samaritan Medical Center, Milwaukee, 1980-1989.
President Association Evangelical Lutheran Churches, 1976-1984. Board directors Lutheran Council in United States of America, 1978-1984. Member, president Lutheran World Ministries Commission, 1978-1984.
Member Committee on Lutheran Unity, 1978-1982, Common for a New Lutheran Church, 1982-1986.
Served as chaplain Army of the United States, 1943-1946.
Married Marian Ruth Luenser, June 1, 1941. Children: Kathy, Carol, Marian.