of Fine Arts. The Lutheran noted Bergendoff as "one of the most influential people in 20th-century American Lutheranism". Personal life As a young pastor in Chicago he met and married Gertrude Elizabeth Carlson of Rockford, Illinois, the daughter of Swedish immigrants. Their children were Conrad born in 1924, Beatrice born in 1928, and Elizabeth born in 1937. Bergendoff and his wife were the grandparents to nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. References Other sources Tredway, Thomas (2014) Conrad Bergendoff's Faith and Work. A Swedish-American Lutheran, 1895-1997 (Augustana Historical Society) External links Finding aid for the Conrad Bergendoff papers (1915-1985), held by Augustana Special Collections, Rock Island, Illinois. 1895 births 1997 deaths Augustana College (Illinois) alumni Augustana College (Illinois) faculty Presidents of Augustana College (Illinois) Place of death missing American centenarians Men centenarians American people of Swedish descent American Lutheran theologians Lutheran pacifists Uppsala University alumni University of Chicago 20th-century Lutherans 20th-century American academics