Established with a generous gift by Steven Fox ’77 in 2014, the Patrick J. Quade Endowed Chair in Theater honors the long and distinguished service of Professor Emeritus Patrick J. Quade ’65 to St. Olaf College and the theater community. Dr. Quade was a dedicated leader in both the Department of Theater and the Office of International and Off-Campus Studies. He was responsible for numerous memorable theater productions at St. Olaf, from Mother Courage and her Children in 1968 to Boarders in 1999. His production of Godspell was a national winner in the American College Theater Festival. He launched both a one-act play festival (which still runs today and bears his name) and the St. Olaf Children’s Theatre Institute, which was under his leadership from 1978 until 1990. He was also field supervisor for the Global Semester, the Term in the Middle East, and the Theatre in London Interim Program, which he lead ten times. In his retirement, Dr. Quade still leads adult students abroad with his active participation in the St. Olaf Study Travel program. Karen Peterson Wilson ’77 was the first holder of this chair, followed by William (Bill) Sonnega.
Current Chair to be named.