DMLC President Lloyd Huebner ‘On the Ball’ at 90 DMLC President Emeritus Lloyd Huebner WLS ’51 celebrated his 90th birthday by throwing out the first pitch at a Chicago Cubs game. A lifelong Cubs fan, Lloyd first listened to games on the radio at his boyhood home in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. He and his dad occasionally made a trip to Wrigley Field. When Lloyd married Inez Wahl in 1951, after his graduation from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, he took her to a Cubs game on their honeymoon. Fifty years later, in 2001, the couple celebrated their 50th anniversary at Wrigley. Their daughter and son-in law Janet DMLC ’74 and Ernie Knobloch DMLC ’74 are season ticket holders and arranged for a meeting with Cubs dignitaries and players. Lloyd brought along the program and scorecard he’d saved from the 1951 honeymoon game.
says his dad was a third baseman at Northwestern College, in addition to a football player and the starting guard on a basketball team that dominated the conference in 1946-47. In fact, the glove he used at Wrigley was his 70-year-old college glove. As DMLC president from 1980 to 1993, President Huebner was known for his pastoral leadership, excellent people skills, and community involvement. During his tenure, the college celebrated its centennial under the theme, “Quietness and Trust in God—One Hundred Years of Strength.” God-willing, in 10 years President Emeritus Lloyd Huebner will mark his own centennial. The family is already making arrangements with the Cubs.
In March of this year, the former DMLC president turned 90, and Ernie again made arrangements with the Cubs organization—this time for Lloyd to throw out the first pitch on Memorial Day, May 25. Tossing that ball across the plate wasn’t a big stretch for this athlete. His son, Pastor James Huebner WLS ’80,
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