Rev. Walter Ferdinand Georg served as Superintendent of Missions for the Northwest District of the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod from 1920-1948. He was born on 11 February 1874 in Accident, MD. In June of 1899 he graduated from Concordia Seminary, Springfield, IL. From 1899-1912 he served parishes in Iowa as pastor. From 1912-1918 he was president of Bethany College, Mankato, MN. In 1918 he organized the National Lutheran Education Society.

The Oregon and Washington District (now the Northwest District) called him to be Superintendent of Missions, a position he held from October 1920 until his retirement when the office was terminated in 1948. During his tenure he was tireless in carrying out his duties. His records of his daily activities show him traveling throughout the Northwest, even into Alaska. During his ministry, he installed sixty-eight pastors and founded seventeen congregations. In frequent lectures, illustrated with lantern slides, he described the Northwest and the mission work he was doing. He travelled over 1,100,000 miles by rail and by whatever other means of transportation that was available.

On 7 September 1900 he married Bertha A. Fleckenstein. He died on 13 October 1950 and was interred at Rose City Cemetery in Portland, OR.

For further information see God Opens Doors: A Centennial Celebration of the Northwest District of the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod. 2000. Portland, Oregon: Northwest District, pages 61-64.