Luther College Moment in History #85
Peter Lauritz (Laur.) Larsen, the first president of Luther College, was born August 10, 1833 in Kristiansand, Norway.
Peter Lauritz (Laur.) Larsen, the first president of Luther College, was born August 10, 1833 in Kristiansand, Norway.
In December 1981 a concert titled Juletide was held for the first time.
Orlando (Pip) W. Qualley, born in 1897, began at Luther College as a member of the class of 1918.
The Luther College Concert Band toured Europe that summer of 1936 . . .
Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941, and America joined World War II.
Next to the first Main Building was a small bakery and a brick stable known as the Chicken Coop.
Inga Bredesen Norstog was the first curator and director of the Norwegian-American Historical Museum.
Caroline Dorothea Margrethe (Linka) Keyser was born in 1829 in Kristiansand, Norway.
Luther College's ninth president, Richard Torgerson, took office on July 1, 1999.
The Oedipus and Antigone sculpture by Gerhard Marcks stands in front of the Center for Faith and Life and was installed in 2000.
The Martin Luther statue was erected in 1911 as part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of Luther College, and was dedicated on October 14, 1911.
In 1946 the college secured 17 barracks from the government that provided housing for 31 families and 64 single men.