President Title: Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary Appoints Interim President ELCA NEWS SERVICE NEWSBRIEF July 30, 1996 WEST INTERIM PLTS PRESIDENT The Rev. Robert A. West has been appointed interim president of Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, Calif., effective Sept. 1. He will serve for the interim following the retirement of the Rev. Jerry L. Schmalenberger until a new president is selected. West recently retired from 30 years of ministry at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Denver. He has been a member of the seminary's board of directors since 1988. West is a 1951 graduate of Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y., and a 1954 graduate of Union Theological Seminary, New York. After post- graduate work at Lutheran Theological Seminary at Chicago, West was ordained in 1955 in Detroit. For information contact: Ann Hafften, Dir., ELCA News Service, (312) 380-2958; Frank Imhoff, Assoc. Dir., (312) 380-2955; Lia Christiansen, Asst. Dir., (312) 380-2956