Biography:

Historian; College instructor. Born March 6, 1926, Philadelphia, Pa. Parents– Frederick John and Freda Margaret Riess Boehlke. Education– University of Pennsylvania, A.B., M.A., Ph.D., 1958; Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Bachelor of Divinity, 1952. Served as history professor and chairman of the Social Science Division of Judson College in Marion, Ala., 1958-70. Professor of history, Eastern Baptist College (later University), 1967-2010.  Served as faculty secretary, registrar, and university archivist. Eastern University established an award for an outstanding student in history in his honor.  Awarded emeritus status on his retirement in 2010.

Source:

Files at Alabama Public Library Service; Eastern University website.

Publication(s):

The First Sixty Years of Eastern University, 1952-2002.  Apple Press, Ltd., 2003.

From Generation to Generation:  A History of Southern Baptists in Pennsylvania/South Jersey. Providence House, 1996.

Pierre de Thomas, Scholar, Diplomat and Crusader. Philadelphia; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1966.