William Jethro Fogleman (1928-2000) was a Presbyterian pastor, educator, and executive in Arkansas and Texas. Fogleman was born in Teague, Texas, on August 28, 1928, attended Austin College from 1946-1950, and obtained a Master’s degree. Upon graduating, he moved to Austin, Texas to attend Austin Presbyterian Seminary from 1950-1953. He was ordained and served as pastor in Lonoke, Arkansas. He then became the Director of Christian Education for the Synod of Arkansas from 1955-1960. After this, he returned to Texas for three years for a professorship at Austin Presbyterian Seminary. In 1963, he moved back to Arkansas to serve as pastor in Little Rock before permanently settling in Texas. He became the executive presbyter of Brazos Presbytery from 1967-1972 before becoming the executive of the Synod of Red River from 1973-1980. He was instrumental in the reunification of the Synod of Red River (Presbyterian Church, U.S.) and the Synod of the Sun (Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.). He served as executive for both synods from 1980-1983 and for the reunited Synod of the Sun from 1983 until his retirement in 1993. In 1989, he wrote a controversial article describing his “two-church hypothesis” in The Presbyterian Outlook . He died on May 24, 2000.
From the guide to the William Jethro Fogleman interview 2007-009., 1978, (Austin Seminary Archives, Stitt Library, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.)
