Philip N. Knutson

Phil Knutson, who ended his struggle with AIDS on April 2, 1994, was an ordained Lutheran pastor who served as assistant director for campus ministry at the ELCA headquarters in Chicago from 1988-1994. For ten years he also served as an advisor to the Lutheran Student Movement. He faithfully served the church for more than thirty years.

Originally a part of the collection of stoles housed by ReconcilingWorks: Lutherans for Full Participation, this stole was donated by them to the Shower of Stoles Project in 2015.