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Richard C. Halverson
United States Senate chaplain
Richard Christian Halverson (6 February 1916 – 28 November 1995) was an American Presbyterian minister and author who served as the chaplain of the United States Senate.[1]
Biography
He was born in Pingree, North Dakota.[2] He attended Valley City State Teacher College in Valley City, North Dakota, before earning a Bachelor of Science degree from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, in 1939, participating in the Wheaton College Men's Glee Club.
He then earned a Bachelor of Theology degree from Princeton Theological Seminary.[2] Christian educator Henrietta Mears (1890–1963) of the First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood had a significant influence on his life.
He became the Assistant Pastor at First Presbyterian of Hollywood and was part of the Burning Hearts Fellowship along with Louis Evans, Jr., Bill Bright, Billy Graham, Roy Rogers and others.[3]
Halverson was a minister of the