Clarence Woodrow Sorensen papers

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 in 1975. His collection contains his presidential papers, which include papers relating to faculty, organizations, and departments in the college, papers relating to organizations outside of the college, and annual presidential reports. The collection also includes personal papers, such as biographical accounts, photographs, newspaper articles, personal correspondence, addresses and speeches, publications, and synod papers.