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Recipient<\/th>Date<\/th>Doctorate Type<\/th>Occupation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Grondahl, Lars Olaf<\/td>1940<\/td>Science<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reigstad, Olin S.<\/td>June 4, 1940<\/td>Divinity<\/td>Pastor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ronning, H. N.<\/td>June 4, 1940<\/td>Divinity<\/td>Pastor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shurson, H. O.<\/td>1940<\/td>Laws<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Skindlov, A. M.<\/td>June 3, 1940<\/td>Divinity<\/td>Church executive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Swain, Carl C., class of 1907<\/td>June 4, 1940<\/td>Laws<\/td>Educator<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tosdal, Harry R., class of 1919<\/td>June 4, 1940<\/td>Laws<\/td>College professor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andersen, Arthur<\/td>1941<\/td>Laws<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Morgenstierne, Wilhelm<\/td>1942<\/td>Laws<\/td>Norwegian Ambassador to the United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Balfour, Donald<\/td>1943<\/td>Laws<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hanson, Adolph M.<\/td>May 30, 1943<\/td>Science<\/td>Doctor and surgeon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Larson, Henrietta<\/td>May 30, 1943<\/td>Letters<\/td>College professor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thompson, Arthur E.<\/td>May 30, 1943<\/td>Laws<\/td>Educator<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aasgaard, Rev. Dr. Johan Arnd, class of 1898<\/td>1944<\/td>Theology<\/td>President, Norwegian Lutheran Church in America<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Knubel, F. H.<\/td>October 14, 1944<\/td>Laws<\/td>Church executive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Skifter, Hector R., class of 1922<\/td>1945<\/td>Science<\/td>St. Olaf Professor of Mathematics; founder of WCAL radio<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elstad, Leonard M.<\/td>1946<\/td>Laws<\/td>President, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hendrickson, Roy<\/td>1946<\/td>Laws<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Singstad, Ole<\/td>1946<\/td>Science<\/td>Civil Engineer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melby, Sylvia<\/td>June 9, 1947<\/td>Science<\/td>Head, Fairfield School of Nursing, Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Skartvedt, Peter Magnus, class of 1906<\/td>1947<\/td>Science<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adson, A. W.<\/td>1948<\/td>Science<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hjortland, Rev. Elmer S.<\/td>June 7, 1948<\/td>Divinity<\/td>Pastor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Berggrav, Bishop Eivind<\/td>1949<\/td>Humane Letters<\/td>Norwegian bishop famous for his opposition to the Nazi occupation of Norway<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hao-Ran, Chu<\/td>June 6, 1949<\/td>Divinity<\/td>First Chinese president of the Lutheran Church in China<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dale, Mars<\/td>June 6, 1949<\/td>Divinity<\/td>President, Canada District of the Evangelical Lutheran Church; Director, United Christian Education Appeal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Halvorson, H. Orin<\/td>June 6, 1949<\/td>Science<\/td>Bacteriologist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luvaas, Morton<\/td>June 6, 1949<\/td>Music<\/td>Conductor and choral composer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Norby, Joseph G.<\/td>1949<\/td>Laws<\/td>Chairman, St. Olaf Board of Regents<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":162,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-259","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/faculty-life-committee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/faculty-life-committee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/faculty-life-committee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/faculty-life-committee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/162"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/faculty-life-committee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/faculty-life-committee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/faculty-life-committee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}