Henry Sieck

Heinrich "Henry" Sieck (July 1, 1850 – September 7, 1916) was a German-American Lutheran minister, writer, and college president.

Heinrich Sieck was born on July 1, 1850, in Mannheim, Baden, Germany.

[1] Sieck was pastor at the Swedish Lutheran congregation in Memphis, Tennessee, beginning in 1873 and was present for the laying of the cornerstone of the church building.

[2][3][4] In 1877, Sieck married Pauline Stutz, who was from Washington, D.C.[5][6] He became pastor of the Lutheran church in South Bend, Indiana,[7] in 1879, where he also taught German and English in 1880.

[1][12] He accepted a call to Mount Olive English Lutheran in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1895 and served until 1905.