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Conrad Bergendoff papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 5
Abstract
Conrad Bergendoff was the fifth president of Augustana College. Bergendoff was born in rural Nebraska in 1895. He attended Augustana College, and was a member of the class of 1915. He also earned a divinity degree from Augustana Seminary. After several years Bergendoff returned to the seminary as the dean, then as the president of the seminary and the college in 1935. After the seminary split from the college in 1948, Bergendoff remained the president of the college for fourteen more years....
Dates:
1869-1998 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Niel M. and Verna Gail Applegate Johnson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 82
Abstract
Niel M. Johnson graduated with a B. A. from Augustana College in 1953. While in college, Johnson was active in the Rho Nu Delta fraternity, the Augustana choir, and was a reporter for the Observer, the college newspaper. Verna Gail Applegate attended Augustana College from 1949 to 1953. She was a member of the Chi Delta sorority, and her junior year she sang in the chapel choir. Niel and Verna met at Augustana and were married 1 May 1952, between their junior and senior years. The Niel M....
Dates:
1910-2008
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Clarence Woodrow Sorensen papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 6
Abstract
Clarence Woodrow Sorensen, the sixth president of Augustana College, was born in Nebraska in 1907. He studied and traveled all over the world, producing fifteen books about his geographical studies, before coming to Augustana College. Sorensen assumed the presidency in 1962, and became the first Augustana College president who was not ordained before or during his term. He oversaw many changes to the campus, and helped to increase donations to the college. Sorensen resigned from his position...
Dates:
1947-1983 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
John Thomas Tredway papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 7
Abstract
John Thomas Tredway was the seventh president of Augustana College, serving from 1975 to 2003. The John Thomas Tredway papers, 1958-1994, comprise Tredway's official papers from the first 5-10 years of his presidency. Papers include correspondence, financial data, campus planning documents, enrollment statistics, and subject files.
Dates:
1958-1994
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections