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	July 11, 2004  LCMSNews -- SC8KE

	LCMS Convention elects
	second through fifth vice presidents

	ST. LOUIS  Delegates to the 62nd Convention of The Lutheran
ChurchMissouri Synod elected the remainder of the praesidium (second
through fifth vice presidents) in balloting this afternoon (July 11).

	On the second ballot, Dr. Paul L. Maier was elected second vice
president with 759 votes; Dr. Dean L. Nadasdy was elected third vice
president with 623 votes. On the third ballot, Dr. Robert L. King was
elected fourth vice president with 627 votes. Rev. David D. Buegler, 622
votes, will serve as fifth vice president.

	Maier, 74, of Kalamazoo, Mich., currently the Synods fourth
vice president, is professor of ancient history at Western Michigan
University, Kalamazoo. The author of 16 books on Christian themes and
210 articles, Maier also has served on the LCMS Commission on Church
Literature and the Board for Higher Education/Concordia University
System.

	Third Vice President-elect Nadasdy, 57, of Woodbury, Minn., is
first vice president of the Minnesota South District and pastor of
Woodbury Lutheran Church, Woodbury, Minn. Previously, he served on the
faculty of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis (1997-2000), on the Student
Life Commission (1968-69), on the Task Force for the Reorganization of
Synod (1993-95) and the Board for Communication Services (2001-03).

	Dr. Robert L. King, 82, of Jefferson City, Mo., is third vice
president of the Synod, a position he also served from 1986-89. He also
has served as second vice president of the Synod (1989-2001) and as
first vice president during 2001. King has also served as chairman of
the Missouri Commission on Black Ministry (1982-86) and as a member of
the International Lutheran Laymens League Board of Governors
(1995-2001) and the International Lutheran Womens Missionary League
Board of Directors (1995-present).

	Dr. David D. Buegler, 57, of Avon, Ohio, currently is executive
director of the Cleveland Lutheran High School Association
(2003-present) and a member of the Lutheran Church Extension Fund Board
of Directors ((1998-present). Formerly, he served as Ohio District
President (1988-96), as a member of the board of regents for Concordia
Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind. (1989-96) and as a member of the
board of directors of Lutheran Family Association (1990-2001).

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