MEMORIALS: CARL RAYMOND LUDWIGSON AND KATHRYN ROMAINE LUDWIGSON

Carl Raymond Ludwigson was born in Illinois on March 3, 1908, and passed into glory from Toccoa, GA, on December 15, 2004 at the age of 96 years, 9 months, and 12 days. He was a graduate of Moody Bible Institute and earned his B.A. in Biblical Education at Wheaton College. His Bachelor of Divinity and S.T.M. were taken from Chicago Lutheran School of Theology. His Ph.D. came from the University of Iowa in biblical studies.

Raymond was distinguished professor of biblical studies at Wheaton College for 24 years, including the period of 1944-49, and again from 1955-68. After his first wife died in the mid-1940s, he married Kathryn R. Miller, his former student, who had just graduated from Wheaton and was teaching Greek at the school. From 1949-55, Dr. Ludwigson served as President of Trinity Seminary and Bible College in Chicago (now TIU and TEDS in Deerfield, IL). He served in student and interim pastorates for 43 years and wrote The Gospel of the Old Testament, The Structure of the Book of Revelation, Notes on Prophecy, and A Survey of Bible Prophecy (Zondervan, 1973). Carl also taught biblical studies at Toccoa Falls College from 1977 until his second retirement in 1995.

Kathryn Romaine (Miller) Ludwigson was born on July 30, 1921 in Pennsylvania. She and Ray were united in marriage on April 3, after she began teaching Greek at Wheaton College. They had one son, Carl, born in Illinois in 1948. Kathryn earned a B.A. in Biblical Education at Columbia Bible College in Columbia, SC, and a B.A. in Christian Education at Wheaton College. She received her M.A. in Theology from Wheaton College, then a M.S. in English from Northern Illinois University. Her Ph.D. in English was from Northwestern University. Kathryn was a Literary Critic for the NIV and taught English at Wheaton College from 1959-77. In addition, she served as department chair in English at Trinity College (Deerfield) from 1966-71. In 1977, the Ludwigsons moved to Toccoa, GA, where Dr. Kathryn Ludwigson became Director of the School of General Studies and Professor of English at Toccoa Falls College.

Carl and Kay were both active members of the Evangelical Theological Society for many years. Kay's paper entitled "Postmodernism: A Declaration of Bankruptcy," delivered at a SE regional meeting, was later published in The Challenge of Postmodernism: An Evangelical Engagement (ed. David Dockery; Victor Books, 1995). Her literary book on Edward Dowden was published by Twayne in 1973. Kay passed away several months after Carl, on July 24, 2005 in Toccoa, GA. Both Carl and Kathryn are buried in the Mount Bethel Church of God Cemetery in Habersham County, GA. Their son, Carl Ludwigson, of Toccoa, GA, survives his parents.

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