Marshall, the Rev. Robert James
- Marshall, the Rev. Robert James
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▪ 2009
American Lutheran minister
born 1918, Burlington, Iowa
died Dec. 22, 2008, Allentown, Pa.
promoted interdenominational cooperation as president (1968–78) of the Lutheran Church in America (LCA). Marshall studied at Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio (B.A., 1941), and the University of Chicago. Following his ordination in 1944, Marshall earned a doctoral degree in divinity and subsequently taught religion at Muhlenberg College, Allentown, and the Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary, Maywood, Ill. (now the Lutheran School of Theology,
Chicago), before getting involved in church leadership in 1962 as head of the LCA's Illinois synod. His evenhanded advocacy of ecumenism while president laid the groundwork for the LCA's merger in 1988 with two smaller denominations. In addition, Marshall served as chairman of the charitable organization Lutheran World Relief.
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