Carl Stamm Meyer (1907-1972) Papers

Carl Stamm Meyer was born on 12 March 1907 in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada. He graduated from Concordia Seminary (Saint Louis, Missouri) in 1930. He served a parish in Rochester, Minnesota, and was hospital chaplain in that city from 1931 to 1934. In 1934 Meyer accepted a call to become instructor and registrar at Bethany College, Mankato, Minnesota. This position lasted until 1943, when Meyer accepted the presidency of Luther Institute (high school), Chicago, Illinois. Here he was also superintendent of the Chicago Lutheran High School Association until 1952. He became a professor at Concordia Seminary (Saint Louis) in 1954.

Meyer was a member of many committees and a prolific author aside from his duties as an educator and pastor. He also served the LCMS as chairman of the Walther Sesquicentennial Committee and as a member of the Board for Higher Education’s Curriculum Commission. He served on the Northern Illinois District Board for Christian Education while with the Chicago Lutheran high schools. He held the Ph.D. degree from the University of Chicago and was a member of eight learned societies. His writings include volumes on Cranmer, the LCMS, C. F. W. Walther, and many other areas of church history. He died on 17 December 1972.