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St. Olaf Alumni Award Winners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Alison Feigh<\/strong> \u201900
<\/strong>Distinguished Alumni Award
<\/em>Alison Feigh \u201900 is the director of the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center, a Zero Abuse Project program that works to prevent crimes against children while connecting families of the missing and exploited to important resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah Branton<\/strong> \u201900
<\/strong>Alumni Achievement Award<\/em>
Sarah Branton \u201900 is in her 25th year of teaching and her 20th at Cherry Creek High School in Denver, Colorado, where she directs multiple choirs and teaches Advanced Placement Music Theory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah Hutto \u201901
<\/strong>Alumni Achievement Award
<\/em>Sarah Hutto \u201901 is an associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and women\u2019s health at the University of Minnesota, where she is involved in clinical care, research, and teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jon Nordby<\/strong> \u201970
<\/strong>Alumni Achievement Award<\/em>
<\/em>Jon Nordby \u201970 worked in forensic science and forensic medicine for more than 45 years, specializing in the scientific and medical investigation of violent human death. He worked for the medical examiner\u2019s offices in Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, and for the National Disaster Medical System. He is a founding member of the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark Johnson<\/strong> \u201991
<\/strong>Outstanding Service Award
<\/em>Mark Johnson \u201991 is the president and artistic director of the Minnesota Boychoir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sylvia Strobel<\/strong> \u201988
<\/strong>Distinguished Alumni Award
<\/em>Sylvia Strobel serves as the president and CEO of Twin Cities PBS (TPT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lazarus Letcher \u201914<\/strong>
Alumni Achievement Award
<\/em>Lazarus Letcher is a Ph.D. candidate in American Studies at the University of New Mexico, focusing on linking homophobia and transphobia to white supremacy culture and examining art as resistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ward Sutton \u201989
<\/strong>Alumni Achievement Award
<\/em>Ward Sutton is an editorial cartoonist whose work has appeared in publications such as The New Yorker, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, MAD Magazine, <\/em>and many more. He operates Sutton Impact Studio in Colorado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cal Husmann \u201990
<\/strong>Outstanding Service Award
<\/em>Cal Husmann is a senior principal gifts officer at Lawrence University in Appleton, WI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Hegg \u201963
<\/strong>Outstanding Service Award
<\/em>John Hegg ’63 devoted his career to serving adolescents as a professional school counselor for the Sioux Falls School District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Daniel Grossman<\/strong> \u201903<\/strong><\/a>
<\/strong>Distinguished Alumni Award
<\/em>Daniel Grossman is an emergency medicine physician and business leader who currently serves as the chief growth and strategy officer for Mayo Collaborative Services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julie Paulsen Keller \u201988<\/a><\/strong>
Alumni Achievement Award
<\/em>Julie Paulsen Keller is the president of the Mama Ada Foundation, a nonprofit she co-founded in 2008 to provide economic empowerment opportunities to people living in Kenya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ren\u00e9e Jones Schneider<\/strong> \u201901<\/strong><\/a>
Alumni Achievement Award
<\/em>Ren\u00e9e Jones Schneider is a multimedia photographer at the Minneapolis Star Tribune.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachel Sattler \u201903<\/a><\/strong>
Alumni Achievement Award
<\/em>Rachel Sattler is the senior managing attorney at LOTUS Legal Clinic and the founder of the nonprofit DaneMAC, and a tech start-up, OurMAP, LLC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Anna Palmer \u201904<\/a>
Distinguished Alumni Award
<\/em>Anna Palmer is CEO and founder of Punchbowl News, a media organization focused on power, people, and politics.
<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anne Dobmeyer \u201993<\/a>
Alumni Achievement Award
<\/em>Anne Dobmeyer serves as an active duty psychologist in the United States Public Health Service, providing leadership for the implementation of primary care behavioral health programs across the Department of Defense.
<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Louise Matson \u201989<\/a>
Alumni Achievement Award
<\/em>Louise Matson, a member of the White Earth Band Of Ojibwe, is the executive director of the Division of Indian Work.
<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark Murakami \u201902<\/a>
Alumni Achievement Award
<\/em>Mark Murakami is an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and an independent investigator in the Division of Hematologic Neoplasia at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. 
<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nils Snyder \u201999<\/a>
Outstanding Service Award
<\/em>Nils Snyder is a Partner with Kenwood Commercial Real Estate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jason DeRose \u201997<\/a>
Distinguished Alumni Award
<\/em>National Public Radio Western Bureau Chief Jason DeRose of the Class of 1997 overseeing and editing the network\u2019s news coverage from reporters in California, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Hawaii, as well as NPR\u2019s nationwide coverage of religion and LGBTQ rights<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tony Miller \u201989<\/a>
Alumni Achievement Award<\/em>
Founder and managing partner of Lemhi Ventures<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Rose \u201989<\/a>
Alumni Achievement Award<\/em>
Tech entrepreneur and expert in digital product innovation for the Internet of things<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kristen Rosdahl Ehresmann \u201984<\/a>
Outstanding Service Award<\/em>
Director of the Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control Division of the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Utit Choomuang \u201975<\/a>
Distinguished Alumni Award
<\/em>Distinguished artist and animator<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amanda Cox \u201901<\/a>
Alumni Achievement Award<\/em>
Data editor for the New York Times<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nicholas Epley \u201996<\/a>
Alumni Achievement Award<\/em>
The John Templeton Keller Professor of Behavioral Science, Neubauer Family Faculty Fellow, and faculty director of the Center for Decision Research at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Branden Moriarity \u201907<\/a>
Alumni Achievement Award<\/em>
Associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics\/Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at the University of Minnesota Medical School<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Solhaug \u201967<\/a>
Outstanding Service Award<\/em>
Distinguished career in pediatric medicine as a clinician at Children\u2019s Hospital of the Kings Daughters (CHKD) in Norfolk, Virginia, and as an educator and administrator at Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nathan Lindgren \u201963<\/a>
Distinguished Alumni Award<\/em>
Physicist and renowned researcher of radar technologies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratory<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karine Swensen Moe ’85<\/a>
Alumni Achievement Award<\/em>
Provost and dean of the faculty at Macalester College<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jerry Appeldoorn \u201967, Douglas Tate ’70, Robert Gehringer \u201971, John Mittelsteadt \u201981<\/a>
Outstanding Service Award<\/em>
Four service-minded medical professionals who have shared their expertise in the health sciences and mentored scores of St. Olaf students through St. Olaf’s Peruvian Medical Experience<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Wendy Helgemo ’91<\/a>
Distinguished Alumni Award<\/em>
Advocate for Native Americans in the areas of public health, education, housing, and economic security
Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Craig Hella Johnson ’84<\/a>
Alumni Achievement Award<\/em>
Renowned choral conductor, composer, and educator
Austin, TX<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jon Hallberg ’88<\/a>
Outstanding Service Award<\/em>
Medical director of the University of Minnesota Physicians Mill City Clinic and associate professor of family medicine and community health
Minneapolis, MN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Siri Hustvedt \u201977<\/a>
Distinguished Alumni Award<\/em>
Internationally recognized author, feminist, and scholar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monthian Buntan \u201990<\/a>
Alumni Achievement Award<\/em>
Senator, Upper House of the Royal Thai Parliament and President of the Thailand Association of the Blind<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ren\u00e9 Clausen \u201974
<\/a>Alumni Achievement Award
<\/em>Composer and music educator, Concordia College<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mary Reid Kelley \u201901<\/a>
Alumni Achievement Award
<\/em>Visual Artist and MacArthur Genius Fellow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruth \u201981 and Arne Sorenson<\/a>
Outstanding Service Award
<\/em>Ruth is a music educator at Chevy Chase-Bethesda Community Children’s Center
Arne is president and CEO of Marriott International<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

William T. Collins ’84<\/a>
Distinguished Alumni Award<\/em>
Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and President & COO, CSI Aviation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dean Maki ’87
<\/a>Alumni Achievement Award<\/em>
Managing Director and Chief Economist, Point72 Asset Management<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Douglas and Jane Baker Koons ’71
<\/a>Outstanding Service Award
Educators<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joseph M. Shaw ’49
<\/a>Outstanding Service Award
<\/em>Professor Emeritus of Religion and Historian of St. Olaf College<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

David L. Tiede ’62
<\/a>Distinguished Alumni Award<\/em>
Retired professor of New Testament and president of Luther Seminary, the Bernhard M. Christensen Professor of Religion and Vocation at Augsburg College, and interim president of Wartburg Theological Seminary and Luther College<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John J. Marty ’78
<\/a>Alumni Achievement Award
<\/em>Minnesota State Senator, elected in 1986 and currently serving his ninth term<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alan C. Shepard ’83<\/a>
Alumni Achievement Award
<\/em>President of Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, and former provost and chief operating officer of Ryerson University in Toronto<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Elizabeth Guenthner Nabel ’74
Alumni Achievement Award
<\/em>President Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Co-founder CardioGene Therapeutics, Inc., St. Olaf Board of Regents 2009-2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lynn M. Anderson ’75
Outstanding Service Award
<\/em>Executive Vice President and General Counsel Holiday Companies, Alumni Board Member 1986-1989<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thomas F. Nelson ’69
Outstanding Service Award
<\/em>Partner Stinson Leonard Street LLP, Hennepin County Board Association President, Alumni Board Member 1996-2000<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Diane V. Havlir ’80
Alumni Achievement Award<\/em>
Professor of Medicine and physician at UCSF and Chief of the HIV\/AIDS Division at San Francisco General Hospital<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Samuel L. Hanson ’61<\/a>
Distinguished Alumni Award<\/em>
Briggs and Morgan, P.A. Attorney, Former President and Vice-President<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark B. Brown ’78<\/a>
Distinguished Alumni Award<\/em>
Lutheran World Federation Regional Representative in Jerusalem & West Bank<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steven H. Miles ’72
<\/a>Alumni Achievement Award
<\/em>University of Minnesota Professor and Maas Family Endowed Chair in Bioethics, Center for Bioethics Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2011<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

John Haugen ’86, Vice President of Health and Wellness General Mills
Alison L. Smith ’03 (GOLD), Medical Student
David Stephen Boe ’58 (Alumni Achievement Award), Organ Professor and Dean
Ian C. Kelly ’77 (Alumni Achievement Award), Senior Foreign Service Officer (with rank of Ambassador)
Virginia K. Olsen Molgaard ’61 (Alumni Achievement Award), Emerita Associate Professor
Mark A. Peterson ’66 (Alumni Achievement Award), President\/Chief Executive Officer
Paul H. Christenson ’55 and Lois Wold Christenson ’55 (Distinguished Service Award), Retired Pastor and Bishop; Retired Nurse
Paul Martinson ’57 (Distinguished Service Award), Founder and Vice President China Service Ventures<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Video of all 2011 Award Recipients<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Russell A. Anderson ’64, Retired Chief Justice Minnesota Supreme Court
Linda Olson Keller ’74, Clinical Associate Professor
Helen Piwnica-Worms ’79 (Alumni Achievement Award), Professor, Research Scientist Washington University School of Medicine
Charles W. Bates ’52 (Alumni Achievement Award), Retired Commissioner of Social Services
Robert M. Fossum ’59 (Alumni Achievement Award), Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Rev. Charles D. Anderson ’56 and Shirley Wilson Anderson ’56 (Distinguished Service Award)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2009<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Robert N. Munson ’64, Retired director of emergency services for the American Red Cross
Richard Rortvedt ’69, International agricultural cooperation and development official, Department of Agriculture
Ronald Caple ’60 (Alumni Achievement Award), Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Jean Leppen Kinsey ’63 (Alumni Achievement Award), Professor of Applied Economics and Director of the Food Industry Center
Norman L. Cadman ’49 (Distinguished Service Award), Medical doctor
Glenn W. Jeffrey ’71 (Distinguished Service Award), Founder and Chair,Life Coaches for Kids\u00ae<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2008<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Malcolm Gimse ’58, Professor of Art
Mark Dimunation ’74 (Alumni Achievement Award), Chief, Library of Congress’ Rare Book and Special Collections Division
Jane Leland Iverson ’70 (Alumni Achievement Award), Choir Director and Organist
S. Paul Sandrock ’73 (Alumni Achievement Award), World Language Education Consultant
David L. Brye ’60 (Distinguished Service Award), International Programs\/Service Learning Consultant
Ruth Froiland Hansen ’45 (Distinguished Service Award), Former High School Teacher, College Volunteer
Ruth Gerber Hiddleson ’58 (Distinguished Service Award), Former Member of the St. Olaf Alumni Board, College Volunteer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

George L. Kelling ’56, Creater of “Broken Windows” theory of crime management
Robert J. Angelici ’59 (Alumni Achievement Award), Professor at Iowa State University
Christopher S. Raschka ’81 (Alumni Achievement Award), Caldecott Medal Winner
Gregory A. Carlson ’82 (Distinguished Service Award), Founder of Carlson Capital Management<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2006<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

David A. Nasby ’63, Exec. Director of The City, a community service and advocacy organization in Minneapolis
Charles D. Infelt ’66, pastor, founder of Cabrini Alive Youth Development Programs
Ann Williams Garwick ’71, nurse, educator, marriage and family therapist
Charles Barker ’75 (Alumni Achievement Award), violinist, conductor, founder of the American Chamber Orchestra
William Scott ’75 (Alumni Achievement Award), violin-maker
Virgnia Rifenbary Nelson ’47 ( Distinguished Service Award ), teacher, volunteer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2005<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Helen Gabler Ramsammy ’44, occupational therapist, Captain, U.S. PublicHealth Service
Duane Engstrom ’53, doctor, medical director, Fairview Hospital
Glen H. Gronlund ’55, pastor, counselor
Patricia Preston Henke ’57, international teacher
Gaylan Rockswold ’62, chief of neurosurgery, Hennepin County Medical Center
Maynard Atik ’63, pastor (Alumni Achievement Award)
Allen Bishop ’75, orthopedic surgeon (Alumni Achievement Award)
David Hagman ’74, special education teacher (Alumni Achievement Award)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2004<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Craig S. Dean ’78, financial adviser
Maynard Dorow ’51, pastor
Kenneth L. Jennings ’50, music professor, conductor
Laura R. Jervis ’70, pastor, founder of West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2003<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Gene Skibbe ’52, pastor; author
Robert Tengdin ’52, investment banker
Mark W. Olson ’65, Federal Reserve Board governor
Kathryn Voss Vigen ’56, nursing administration-education<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2002<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Grace Mittermaier Allen, community service and outreach
Shoonie Donhowe Hartwig ’57, educator; director of the Mwangaza Education for Partnership ELCT\/ELCA in Arusha, Tanzania
Brock D. Nelson ’73, CEO, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics (Minneapolis\/St.Paul, Minn.)
Debra Carlsen Wilkinson ’75, public and community service
John M. Wilkinson ’73, family physician, Mayo Clinic; educator, Mayo Medical School<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2001<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

W. David Benton ’73, stem cell researcher; instrumental in the Human Genome Project
Robert A. Flaten ’56, American Foreign Service, U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda
DeLores Hinrichs Henehan ’41, mayor of Britton, S.D.
Ruth Kelly Hustad ’55, president, Hustad Real Estate and Huston Development Corp.
Jeanne L. Kunau Narum ’57, educator; pioneer in science and mathematics reform in undergraduate education; founder, Project Kaleidoscope
Herbert M. Stellner, Jr. ’50, senior vice president, Marquette Bank;development officer, Mayo Foundation
Steven A. Sviggum ’73, speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2000<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jerry A. Evenrud ’51, ministry of music and the arts
Marjorie Coltvet Jamieson ’57, nurse; missionary
Timothy I. Maudlin ’73, leader in medical innovation products
David H. Olson ’62, developed the “Circumplex Model of Marriage and Family Systems” and the “Prepare\/Enrich” premarital programs; educator, University of Minnesota
Howard E. Sandum ’51, literary agent<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1999<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Karen Lee Anderson ’77, medical missionary
Gerhard M. Cartford ’48, founder, Lutheran Society for Worship, Music and the Arts
Mark D. Johnson ’82, entrepreneur; businessman
John A. Meslow ’60, senior vice president, Medtronic Inc. and president of Medtronic’s Neurological Business component<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1998<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Thomas Dedricks ’62, senior executive of operations, finance and management information for General Instrument of Taiwan, Ltd. (Taipei)
Ember Reichgott Junge ’74, youngest woman elected to the Minnesota State Senate; first woman to serve as senate assistant majority leader
Loretta Lepisto Norgon ’73, music specialist
Donald N. Rudrud ’61, pastor, urban and multicultural ministry, Minneapolis Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
*Alfred “Steve” E. Syverud ’32, pastor; church and business administrator
*Philip V. Livdahl ’45, made significant contributions to the fields of particle physics and accelerator science as a physicist, administrator, researcher, scholar and author<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1997<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sandra Runck Edwardson ’63, dean of the School of Nursing, University of Minnesota
Robert J. Hoyle ’61, refugee resettlement pioneer; executive director, International Institute of Minnesota; one of the first Peace Corps volunteers from Minnesota
Janet Barrows Stotts ’77, director of the Alaska Children’s Choir<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1996<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Brenda G. Berkman ’73, firefighter, New York City
*Paul H. Groth ’41, paper industry executive
*Neil A. Kjos ’53, publisher of music books and sheet music for piano education
Paul A. Lee ’53, an advocate for the homeless; educator
B. Kristine Olson Johnson ’73, Medtronic Inc.; president and general manager of Medtronic’s vascular organization, Tachyarrhythmia Management Business
*Robert M. Wulff ’51, founded four leper colonies in northern Thailand<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1995<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kathryn Wilker Megyeri ’65, educator; writer
Edward A. Sovik ’39, architect
Gary H. Rasmusson ’58, medicinal chemist in basic research, Merck & Co.;head of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Project; international authority onsteroid chemistry and male hormone action
*Thomas M. Torgerson ’32, physician, cardiac and pulmonary disease; established the first coronary care unit in northern California<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1994<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

K. Ann Brownlow Rabie ’56, nurse-midwife
Karen Nelson Hoyle ’58, children’s literature curator; educator, University of Minnesota
Kenneth M. Petersen ’62, physician; administrator and CEO, Alaska Native Hospital; senior clinician, Pediatrics\/Indian Health Services<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1993<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Chauncey G. Bly ’41, physician; surgeon; researcher, National Institute of Health\/National Cancer Institute
Lowell O. Erdahl ’53, pastor; author; bishop in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
Carol Syvertsen Erdahl ’54, businesswoman; co-owner of the children’s bookstore The Red Balloon
*Clara J. Jones ’37, nurse-missionary in China and Taiwan
E. Elise Ayers Sanguinetti ’46, author
Stephen A. Schendel ’69, physician; dentist; pioneer in craniomaxillo-facial surgery<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1992<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ruth Norland Cline ’50, educator, University of Colorado
Fern Olson Cole ’53, missionary; director, Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission
Wallace B. Cole ’54, missionary; director, Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission
*Wallace J. Jorgenson ’45, administrator, American Red Cross and Lutheran Church of America’s Office of Communication
Judith Seleen Swanson ’57, artist; graphic designer
Warren J. Warwick ’50, professor of pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School; director, Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Minnesota hospital and clinics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1991<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Dorothy A. Berge ’45, sculptor
Sharon Moe Miranda ’64, composer; musician
Wayne G. Sanstead ’57, lieutenant governor of North Dakota<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1990<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Donald L. Bottemiller ’61, president and CEO, Homecrest Industries, Inc.,casual and outdoor furniture manufacturer
Kathryn L. Tweeten Fraser ’47, marriage and family counselor
*Paul A. Hanson ’47, pastor; administrator, Division for Life and Mission, ALC
*Elmer Clarence Paulson ’33, radiologist who pioneered the practice of nuclear medicine in the Twin Cities; educator, University of Minnesota
Janet Larson Schultheis ’54, educator, public schools<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1989<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Stuart E. Barstad ’51, chief of chaplains, U.S. Air Force
*Beatrice Steen Boe ’31, church musician
*D. Jacqueline Fleming ’49, psychiatric social work; corrections facility superintendent
*Milton L. Nesvig ’37, chaplain in the U.S. Navy and Naval Reserve; public relations, Pacific Lutheran University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1988<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Andrew S. Burgess ‘ 19, missionary; educator; author
*Neil T. Eckstein ’47, founder and director of the Winchester Academy, a learning center dedicated to educational outreach
*Frances Avonne Olson ’55, education director of the Mount Hope Family Center at the University of Rochester, N.Y.
Marilee Thompson Tollefson ’64, nursing consultant and clinical nurse specialist, Children’s Hospital, Washington D.C.
Dale E. Warland ’54, founder and conductor of The Dale Warland Singers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1987<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Florence Stroebel Kahn ’60, whose work for Courage Center and with people with disabilities combined her interests in nursing and education
*David E. Johnson ’38, senior vice president, St. Olaf College
Osmund R. Overby ’53, architectural historian; professor of art history, director of the Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri
*Arthur L. Rustad ’15, pastor; chaplain
*Mark S. Slen ’49, hospital administrator, authority on healthcare economics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1986<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Louise Peterson Guhl ’29, private piano teacher
Barbara J. Knutson ’62, first woman to serve in a full-time position on the American Lutheran Church district staff
*John A. Ronning ’42, dentist
Charles H. Solem ’50, owner and CEO, International Building Services;founded N Street Village, a community serving homeless women and low-income families in Washington D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1985<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Robert G. Borgwardt ’44, pastor; author
Anne Knutson Kanten ’49, assistant commissioner of agriculture for the State of Minnesota
Norman E. Midthun ’52, airline pilot
*Arthur Nelson ’28, chemist
*Ruth Johnson Sovik ’50, general secretary, World YWCA; associate general secretary, World Council of Churches (Geneva, Switzerland)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1984<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Gary J. N. Aamodt ’59, publisher of historical music
*Carlos W. Luis ’40, attorney; vice president, 3M Corp.
Judith Andre Ryan ’58, nurse; executive director, American Nurses Association
Gretchen Hansen Quie ’49, former first lady of the State of Minnesota;painter; author<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1983<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Clayton L. LeFevere ’44, attorney, co-founder, president of the Minneapolis law firm of LeFevere, Lefler, Kennedy, O’Brian and Drawtz
Sonya L. Pedersen Margerum ’52, mayor of West Lafayette, Ind.
Martha Ann Rossing Robert ’53, businesswoman, restaurateur
*Richard W. Solberg ’38, administrator, Lutheran Church of America
Dennis V. Griffin ’55, pastor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1982<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Irene Gubrud Finch ’66, opera singer
*H. K. Helseth ’56, physician; surgeon; chief of thoracic surgery at Hennepin County General Hospital (Minneapolis, Minn.)
*Gladys Edwardson Rice ’31, educator, public schools
Gordon M. Sprenger ’59, president, Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Minneapolis, Minn.)
*Conrad M. Thompson ’39, radio ministry, the \u2018voice of Lutheran Vespers’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1981<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Hildahl Burtness ’25, medical researcher
*Dale Dodson ’49, osteopathic physician; surgeon
Marlene Hustad Engstrom ’54, church administration; first lay person and woman elected to chair the Luther Theological Seminary board of regents
Marguerite L. Johnson ’55, associate editor, Time magazine
*Karsten J. Ohnstad ’37, writer; teacher; first blind graduate of St. Olaf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1980<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

None (Newly appointed Ambassador to Norway, out-going St. Olaf President Sidney Rand and Lois Rand were honored during alumni weekend.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1979<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Arnold S. Anderson ’39, physician, administrator, Children’s Health Center (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Kristine Moore Gebbie ’65, nurse; health services; White House AIDS policy coordinator
Richard C. Nelson ’54, educator; director of Biomechanics Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University
*Osmon R. Springsted ’41, economist; attorney
*Gjermund S. Thompson ’27, pastor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1978<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

George E. Aker ’58, president, Nevada National Bancorporation
*Gordon M. Donhowe ’51, vice president and treasurer, Pillsbury Co. (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Mary Ann Christensen Johnson ’51, public relations
*Harry M. Malm ’43, administrator, Lutheran Hospitals
Alene Halvorson Moris ’49, co-founder, director of Individual Development Center, Inc. (Seattle, Wash.)
*Mary Nelson Ryland ’47, educator; business<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1977<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Jean Foss Anderson ’48, vice president, Clinton E. Frank Advertising Agency (Skokie, Ill.)
*Maynard B. Iverson ’41, pastor
*Richard W. Hemstad ’55, attorney; educator, University of Puget Sound School of Law (Tacoma, Wash.)
Albert C. Samuelson ’40, vice president, finance, Getty Refining (Tulsa, Okla.)
*Inez Weeks Schaefer ’28, businesswoman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1976<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Elmer C. Larsen ’34, vice president and general manager, coatings and resins division of PPG Industries Inc. (Pa.)
*Josephine Bjornson Nelson ’27, educator, University of Minnesota
Oliver H. Peterson ’45, obstetrician, gynecologist
*Sigved T. Sampson ’39, president and general manager, Midland Cooperatives Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Richard E. Sieber ’50, musician; educator, University of Minnesota
*Rolf A. Syrdal ’24, pastor; missionary; educator<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1975<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Agnes O. Hanson ’27, administrator, Cleveland Public Library
David J. Hardy ’53, attorney; administrative partner, Winston & Strawn (Chicago, Ill.)
L. Bruce Laingen ’44, American Foreign Service, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of State for European Affairs
Paul G. Quie ’50, educator, Department of Pediatrics and Microbiology, University of Minnesota
*Phyllis Vevle Clausen ’42, social service; adoption services<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1974<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Mary MacCornack Forsythe ’42, representative, Minnesota House of Representatives
*O.I. Hertsgaard ’08, insurance businessman
*Mabel Jacobs ’13, opera singer, educator
*Daniel H. Kjeldgaard ’31, banker; rancher
*Sanford L. Haugen ’38, turkey farmer
Harold W. Heiberg ’43, pianist; music editor and translator
Stanley R. Nelson ’48, hospital administrator
*Virginia M. Paulson ’47, nurse; hospital administrator
Barbara Ebright Varenhorst ’50, psychologist; educator; counselor
*Lawrence S. Wright ’43, dentist; dental research<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1973<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Edel Ytterboe Ayers ’20, author
*Roger O. Grimsby ’50, news reporter, ABC Eyewitness News anchor
Lloyd E. Jacobson ’46, dentist; church administrator
*Norman O. Olson ’43, certified public accountant
*Rolf W. Stageberg ’29, social work; administrator; prison reform
*Stanford O. Tostengard ’47, economic and statistical analyst<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1972<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Harold R. Enestvedt ’28, public school administrator
Arlen I. Erdahl ’53, Minnesota Secretary of State; chairman of the House of Labor Relations, Minnesota House of Representatives
*Rhoda Berge Lund ’26, civil and political leader
*John M. Mason ’31, pastor; administrator, American Association of Homes for the Aging
*Michael J. Stolee ’52, associate dean and professor of education, University of Miami<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1971<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Oscar A. Anderson ’38, pastor; Augsburg College president
*Reuben A. Benson ’26, physician, surgeon
*Theodor S. Slen ’12, senior counselor for the State of Minnesota; probate and juvenile judge
Keith V. Textor ’43, composer; arranger; performer; co-founder of Scott-Textor Productions Inc., an organization preparing music and lyrics for advertisers, television shows and recordings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1970<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Albert E. Anderson ’44, executive director, American Lutheran Church board of publication
*Georgia E. Garlid ’28, music education
*Earle H. Greene ’43, president, Cargill Grain Company, Ltd.
*Erling G. Hestenes ’34, missionary; physician
*John Raymond Ylitalo ’37, American Foreign Service, U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1969<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Elsworth R. Buskirk ’50, physiologist, National Institute of Health
*Ernest O. Melby ’13, professor and dean, New York University; chancellor, University of Montana; president, Montana State University; distinguishedprofessor of education, Michigan State University; professor, Northwestern University and the University of Minnesota
*Paul M. Mikelson ’50, banker
*Arna I. Njaa ’25, leader of American Lutheran Church Women<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1968<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Robert A. Forsythe ’47, chief counsel of the U.S. State Senate Select Committee on Small Business; U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
*Rueben M. Monson ’42, U.S. press attach\u00e9 (Norway, Iceland), foreign correspondent (Vietnam)
*Edmund S. Nasset ’25, national authority in physiology and nutrition
*Newell N. Nelson ’20, attorney; businessman
*Frederic M. Norstad ’35, pastor; military chaplain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1967<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Ivan H. Hinderaker ’38, political scientist, educator, chancellor of Universityof California, Riverside
*Arthur O. Lee ’20, businessman, Lutheran Brotherhood
Ronald A. Nelson ’49, minister of music
*Kenneth L. Pederson ’28, public school administrator
Brynhild C. Rowberg ’39, American Foreign Service, Office of Korean Affairs for the Dept. of State, Washington D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1966<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Philip S. Dybvig ’23, administrator, Evangelical Lutheran Church and American Lutheran Church
*Everett E. Hagen’27, educator, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ham A. Muus ’51, pastor; founder of the Plymouth Youth Center (Minneapolis, Minn.)
*Orlando K. Sattre ’15, banker<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1965<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Paul A. Boe ’37, administrator, American Lutheran Church
*G. Norris Glasoe ’24, scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratories
*Orlando Ingvoldstad ’35, pastor, chaplain of U.S. 14th Naval District, Pearl Harbor
*Helen M. Thal ’38, public relations, Institute of Life Insurance, education division<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1964<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Almeda Anderson Fossum ’29, first president of the American Lutheran Church Women
*Lewis O. Gunderson ‘ 19, research chemist
*Lawrence M. Stavig ’21, Augustana College president
*Donovan J. Thompson ’41, educator, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1963<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Randolph E. Haugan ’24, Augsburg Publishing general manager
Arne B. Sovik ’39, director of World Missions, Lutheran World Federation
*Daryle M. Feldmeir ’48, journalist; managing editor, Minneapolis Tribune
Albert H. Quie ’50, governor of Minnesota<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1962<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Henry M. Halvorson ’25, textbook publisher
*Henrietta M. Larson ’18, one of six women to achieve the rank of full professor in the history of Harvard University
*Oscar R. Knutson ’24, chief justice, Minnesota Supreme Court
*Robert A. Mortvedt ’24, Pacific Lutheran University president<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1961<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Ruby C. Benson ’25, social worker, Minn. Department of Public Welfare
*Eldred C. Nelson ’38, scientist (quantum mechanics, nuclear physics, hydrodynamics), director of the Intelligence Systems Laboratory, Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge, Inc. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
*Joseph C. Norby ’04, school and hospital administrator
*Morris O. Wee ’28, pastor
*Lyle M. Wikre ’18, public school administrator<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1960<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Kenneth Lindel Brown ’38, social worker
*Eldri L. Dieson ’27, social worker
*John R. Lavik ’03, pastor
*Herman Roe ’08, newspaper editor
*Herbert W. Schmidt ’26, physician; administrator, Mayo Clinic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1959<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Nelean D. Helland ’24, Blue Cross and Blue Shield administrator
*Melford S. Knutson ’27, pastor
*Roy L. Reierson ’26, vice president, Bankers Trust of New York
*Karl F. Rolvaag ’41, governor of Minnesota<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1958<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Gerhard A. Ellestad ‘ 19, broad interests
*Marjorie I. Bly ’41, missionary nurse, American Lutheran Church, who worked with lepers on the Pescadores islands (Taiwan)
Jennings G. Feroe ’35, pastor
*Ernest Gulsrud ’33, businessman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1957<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*August H. Andreson ’12, U.S. Congress representative
*Cora Helgeson Ormseth ’25, leader of the Women’s Missionary Federation, Evangelical Lutheran Church
*Hendrik J. Svien ’31, neurosurgeon, Mayo Clinic; educator, Mayo Foundation
*Bennett S. Ellefson ’32, scientist; researcher; vice president of Sylvania Electric Products
*E. Clifford Nelson ’33, pastor; author; Lutheran historian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1956<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Adolph G. Ensrud ’17, volunteer service
*Naurice M. Nesset ’31, scientist; researcher
*Olaf K. Skinsnes ’39, physician, scholar
*Gertrude S. Sovik ’31, service; mission work<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1955<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Selmer H. Berg ’17, educator, public schools
*Carl F. Granrud ’18, attorney; president, Lutheran Brotherhood
*Gladys Grindland ’23, musician; educator
*Alfred D. Stefferud ’25, writer; book editor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1954<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Martin Anderson ’06, pastor
*Harold C. Hagen ’27, public service
*Jarle B. Leirfallom ’36, social welfare
*Oscar R. Overby ’21, poet; composer; arranger
*Ludwig I. Roe ’12, newspaper publisher
*Clara A. Storvick ’29, chemist; recognized for research in bio-chemistry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1953<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Herman E. Bakken ’15, scientist, industrial research
*Edith Hjertaas Charlston ’18, educator
*Nathanael Fedde ’08, physician
*Nordis Felland ’23, American Geographical Society librarian
*S.O. Simundson ’94, pastor
*Howell P. Skoglund ’25, president, North American Life and Casualty<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Deceased<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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