Stewart W HermanThe Rev. Dr. Herman grew up in Harrisburg, Penn., where his father was a Lutheran pastor. He graduated from Gettysburg College and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. Dr. Herman pursued additional graduate work in Strasbourg, France and oettingen and Berlin, Germany. He became pastor of the American Church in Berlin and served there through 1939. From 1945 through 1948 Dr. Herman worked in the refugee and reconstruction division on the World Council of Churches in Process of Formation in Geneva, Switzerland. He joined the staff of the newly organized Lutheran World Federation in 1948 as director of refugee services. In 1952, Dr. Herman began a joint appointment with the National Lutheran Council and the Lutheran World Federation coordinating Latin America work. Dr. and Mrs. Herman retired to Shelter Island, N.Y. in 1971. He remained active as a trustee of the American Bible Society and in the Union Chapel on Shelter Island until his death in 2006. Read More Read Less
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