BERKELEY, Calif. — The newly named president of Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley, Calif., will be the first woman to lead a Lutheran seminary in the United States.
Phyllis B. Anderson will become the seventh president of the seminary, affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Feb. 1, 2005, the ELCA news service reported.
She succeeds Timothy F. Lull, who died in May 2003 from complications following surgery. The interim president, Ted F. Peters, will continue his duties until Anderson begins.
“The PLTS commitment to ecumenism, to diversity, to the spiritual experience of people in the American West and to the mission of ELCA seminaries and congregations across the country will be truly enhanced by her leadership,” said Steven L. McKinley, chair of the seminary’s board.
Anderson began serving as the first director of the Institute for Ecumenical and Theological Studies in Seattle in 1998. She previously served as a pastor in Iowa, director of pastoral studies at the Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago, and director for theological studies in the ELCA’s division for ministry. (TAB)
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