Luther College Moment in History #13
Brandt Hall is dedicated on Mother’s Day 1950.
Brandt Hall is dedicated on Mother’s Day 1950.
Luther College organized its first basketball team in 1903.
On October 4, 2007, President Barack Obama held a campaign rally on the Luther College campus near Koren Hall with 3,000 people in attendance.
In 1936, five graduates of Decorah College for Women were granted Luther College bachelor's degrees, marking the year that coeducation was approved, allowing women to be admitted for the first time.
Christian Keyser Preus served as the second president of Luther College from 1902 until his death in 1921.
Poet Joseph Langland received an honorary doctorate from Luther College in 1974.
Luther College’s first president, Laur. Larsen died on March 1, 1915.
In 1921, when Oscar Olson became the third President of Luther College, he was the first layman president to be elected at a major church college.
In December 1926, Luther was granted a broadcasting license with the help of Congressman Ole Kvale, an 1890 graduate.
In 2008, the Luther College Archives began a wikipage to record Luther’s history in a new and accessible manner.
The first issue of Chips was printed on January 1, 1884.
In 1962 social dancing was finally allowed on Luther's campus.