David Preus, The President Report Slide Collection

Dr. David W. Preus was an American Lutheran minister. He served as the last president/presiding bishop of the American Lutheran Church (ALC) from 1973 until that body merged into the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in 1988. In 1968, Preus was elected as vice-president of the ALC, and in 1973, he was elected president (later renamed to presiding bishop).[3] Discussions during his tenure led to the merger of the ALC, the Lutheran Church in America, and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches to form the ELCA on January 1, 1988. While ALC president, he also served as vice president of the Lutheran World Federation and as a member of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches.