National Lutheran Council. Executive Director (1918-1923 : Larsen)

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Lauritz Larsen (1882-1923) served as the NLC's first executive director from 1918 until his death in 1923. The son of well-known educational writer Peter L. Larsen, Larsen previously worked as the Washington office head of the National Lutheran Commission for Soldiers'and Sailors' Welfare. As NLC Executive Director, he played an instrumental role in the formation of the Lutheran World Convention and worked tirelessly to provide relief to European Lutherans living in areas devastated by WWI.

From the description of Files, 1918-1922. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 36206207

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associatedWith American Relief Administration. corporateBody
associatedWith Brandelle, Gustav A., 1861-1936. person
associatedWith Bursche, Julius, 1862-1942. person
associatedWith Cannaday, Isaac. person
associatedWith Foreign Missions Conference of North America. corporateBody
associatedWith Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964. person
associatedWith International Missionary Conference. corporateBody
associatedWith Knubel, Frederick Herman, 1870-1945. person
associatedWith Larsen, Lauritz, 1882-1923. person
associatedWith Lutheran Foreign Missions Conference of America. corporateBody
associatedWith Lutheran World Convention. corporateBody
associatedWith Morehead, John A., 1867-1936. person
associatedWith Paul, Carl, 1857-1927. person
associatedWith Raffey, Alex. person
associatedWith Reu, Johann Michael, 1869-1943. person
associatedWith Richter, Frederick, 1852-1934. person
associatedWith Stub, H. G. 1849-1931. person
associatedWith Volga Relief Society. corporateBody
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Baltic States
Hungary
Japan
Finland
United States
Poland
Russia
Germany
Spain
Norway
China
France
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Lutheran
Lutheran Church
Lutheran Church
Reconstruction (1914-1939)
World War, 1914-1918
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Active 1922

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