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Lutheran
Evan E. Boyd, Convener

MEMBERS PRESENT

• Evan E. Boyd, United Lutheran Seminary, Convener
• Elli Cucksey, Trinity Lutheran Seminary at Capital University
• Susan Ebertz, Wartburg Theological Seminary
• Lisa Hearn, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary of Lenoir-

Rhyne University
• Richard Lammert, Concordia Theological Seminary—Fort Wayne
• Sandy Leach, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary of 

Lenoir-Rhyne University
• Roger Peters, Concordia Theological Seminary—Fort Wayne
• Robert Roethemeyer, Concordia Theological Seminary—Fort 

Wayne
• Armin Siedlecki, Emory University
• Robert Smith, Concordia Theological Seminary—Fort Wayne

INSTITUTIONAL REPORTS

United Lutheran Seminary

• ULS Library had one resignation and one retirement during the 
year. They will be filling the archivist role in the coming year.

• ULS has elected its new president, the Rev. Dr. Guy Erwin, 
current bishop of the Southwestern California Synod of the 
ELCA. His term begins August 1, 2020.

• Multiple digital collections are about to go live.
• An ArchivesSpace instance has been installed and finding aids 

are slowly being added.
• Fall 2020 will be offered online fully.



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Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary

• New library catalog for LTSS and ULS went live in Summer 2019.
• Two faculty retirements and a new professor of Lutheran stud-

ies has been hired for one of the openings.
• Sandy Leach is retiring on June 30, 2020, and the hiring process 

is going smoothly.
• Still planning for fall (in person, online, etc.).

Wartburg Theological Seminary

• President resigned in December 2020. An interim is in place and 
Wartburg is currently searching for a replacement.

• Two new faculty hires in systematic theology and liturgical 
studies.

• Most students were already online; it was not a major transition 
when COVID-19 forced everyone online.

• Have not yet made a decision about residential classes this fall.

Trinity Lutheran Seminary at Capital University

• Been closed since mid-March for COVID-19.
• Nothing has yet been announced about fall classes yet.
• Had a failed search for new president of Capital University. A 

two-year interim will be in place.
• Trinity has hired a Bible professor.
• Capital University libraries do not have a director at this time. 

The libraries are currently down two librarians.

JKM Library Trust

• Library Director search has been placed on hold.
• McCormick is online all fall. LSTC has the possibility of small, 

in-person classes, but most will be online.



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Concordia Seminary—St. Louis (notes from Robert 
Roethemeyer)

• Ben Haupt, library director since 2013, has been moved into the 
associate provost of the seminary position.

• Paul Robinson, a member of the history faculty, has been moved 
into the library director position.

• Concordia Seminary will have an interim president.

Concordia Theological Seminary—Fort Wayne

• Have been online since mid-March, though staff in the library 
have continued to come in.

• Book pick-up and drop-off services have been active. Also scan-
ning of articles and reference materials.

• Reference services have been online with Google Meet.
• Face-to-face instruction resumed on June 1.
• Late-March HLC and ATS accreditation visits are rescheduled to 

late October.
• Robert Smith developed a 50-page, 5-year bibliography for 

Luther-Jahrbuch. 
• Digitized 40 linear feet of audio cassettes recorded at CTSFW. 

Slowly adding to the Seminary’s digital repository.

Emory University

• Closed to the public for the time being. Fall is not yet decided.
• Emory is getting a new president in August—Gregory Fenves 

from University of Texas at Austin.
• Candler School of Theology dean Jan Love is interim provost of 

the University, but will resume her position as dean of the semi-
nary once the provost position is filled.

• Annual Reformation celebration will be online.
• Kessler Research Fellowship—three the next school year 

(though not on campus).

mailto:http://pitts.emory.edu/research/kesslerfellows/2021Fellows.cfm?subject=


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OTHER NEWS

Lutheran Historians & Archivists Conference

• Back in November 2019, a gathering of scholars of Lutheran 
history and archivists of Lutheran collections (LCMS, ELCA, 
WELS, and a few smaller Lutheran denominations represented).

• Table conversations were a great opportunity to get historians 
to meet archivists and archivists to meet historians (learning 
how each works).

• One thing folks learned was the strong desire from historians 
for greater electronic access to serials. CTS-FW has all LCMS 
publications since 1930 digitized for the public (except Concor-
dia Journal).

• A summary of the event was shared on the Atla Lutherans list-
serv by Robert Roethemeyer.


