J. A. O. Preus III
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Dr. Jacob Aall 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.

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.

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).

External links

• Concordia University
• Just Words: Understanding the Fullness of the Gospel by Jacob A. O. Preus

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