Richard C. Halverson

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The Reverend Richard Christian Halverson, D.D., (1916-1995), was born in Pingree, North Dakota. He attended Valley City State Teacher College in Valley City, North Dakota before earning a Bachelor of Science degree from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. He also earned a Bachelor of Theology degree from Princeton Theological Seminary and was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Laws degree from Wheaton College. Like his contemporary, Billy Graham, Henrietta Mears of the First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood had a signifincant influence on his life.

Dr. Halverson was a minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and served from 1958 until 1981 as the Senior Pastor of Fourth Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, Maryland. He served as the Chaplain to the U.S. Senate from February 2, 1981 until December 31, 1994. He was an Associate of the International Prayer Breakfast movement starting in 1956. He was a member of the Board of World Vision, from 1956 to 1983, serving as chairman from 1966 to 1983. He was the President of Concern Ministries, a charitable foundation in Washington, D.C..

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He received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Valley City State University on May 20, 1977. He received the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award from the state of North Dakota on March 26, 1994.