Stanley D. Christianson

Stan, a long time resident of the Chicago area, has been a member of the First Unitarian Church in Hobart, Indiana since 1974.  He has served in lay leadership capacities including Chair of the Long-Range Planning Committee and the Finance Committee, Director of Religious Education and member of the religious education committee.  He has served on the church board and as church treasurer. Stan has served as Co-Chair of the Central Midwest District (CMwD) Leadership Development Committee (LDC); he also served as a (LDC) consultant primarily working with ministerial search committees. He first attended the First Unitarian Church in Hyde Park in 1957.

A graduate of the University of Illinois with a BS in accounting, he has done graduate work in sociology and has an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago. He has been in business financial management for over 40 years.

Stan has served as Trustee and former Chair of the Board of Trustees of Midwestern University, parent of the Chicago School of Osteopathic Medicine. He also has served as Chairman of the Board of Governors of International House at the University of Chicago and is a past President of the Hobart, Indiana Plan Commission.  He is a former member of the Board of Planned Parenthood of Northwest Indiana, and is listed in "Who's Who in America." Stan is very active with the Community Theatre Guild (CTG) in Valparaiso Indiana.