Rev. Dr. L. B. Wolf

he was appointed a Fellow by Lord Wenlock, the chancellor of the university in March, 1893. Rev. Wolf supervised the construction of first permanent building for A. C. College, known as Arthur G. Watts’s memorial building. Ground was broken in 1889 by his five year old son George Benner, who was born in Guntur and died of Cholera within a month of ground breaking ceremony. Overall, Rev. Dr. Wolf had ably served the college for eighteen years.

In addition contributions to the literary field are notable. As determined during the Mission’s jubilee celebration, he had

Rev. Dr. L. B. Wolf

written an admirable historical sketch of the General

Synod's mission work in India. It’s titled—"After Fifty Years” a historical sketch of the

Guntur Mission. He also edited and published “Missionary Heroes of the Lutheran

Church” which includes extensive profiles of a number of India missionaries.

He returned to the United States in 1907, served as general secretary and also in other executive roles for the Board of Foreign Mission of the General Synod of the Evangelical

Lutheran Church. At the age of 82, Rev. L. B. Wolf, D.D. died in Baltimore, MD.

5. Strock Hall

Strock Hall is the girls’ hostel for the students of Andhra Christian College. This hostel was given the name in honor of Rev. Dr. John Roy Strock who served for 33 years as a

Lutheran missionary in India.

Rev. Dr. John Roy Strock (June 8, 1882—October 30, 1978):

John Roy Strock was born in Pennsylvania. In 1905 he enrolled at Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg,

Pennsylvania, and three years later earned a bachelor of divinity degree. He was ordained into the ministry and commissioned as a missionary for the General Synod of the

Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States on

September 3, 1908. He sailed for India on September 9,

1908 and arrived in Guntur on November 1, 1908. Being a

Science graduate from Dickinson College, PA, he re-

to the numerous engagements, his