J. A. O. Preus III
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Dr. Jacob Aaal Ottesen Preus III (1954-) is the president of Concordia University in Irvine, California. Preus has been president of the university since 1998. Previously, he was a professor at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri.
[edit] Education
Preus graduated from the University of Missouri in 1975. He received the M.Div. (1980), S.T.M. (1986), and Th.D. (1986) from Concordia Seminary.
[edit] Family
His father J. A. O. Preus II was the eighth president of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and drew fame for his role in the church schism of the 1970s known as Seminex. His grandfather J. A. O. Preus was a politician and governor of Minnesota. His extended family has been very prominent in American Lutheranism, especially within the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS).
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