ELCA NEWS SERVICE
March 26, 2010
Howard Hong, Lutheran, Kierkegaard Translator, Refugee Advocate, Dies
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CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Dr. Howard V. Hong, English translator of writings
by the Danish philosopher and theologian Søren Kierkegaard, a pioneer in
leading Lutherans' service to refugees in Europe after World War II, and
philosophy professor emeritus at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn.,
died earlier this month while in hospice care in Northfield. Hong's
death resulted from effects of a fall in Oct. 2009. He was 97.
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