Left to right, Drew Pellett, Cheryl Pellett, President Paula J. Carlson, Dick Meade, Paulette (Engel) Barnes ’74, and Steve Barnes ’74
President’s Council recognizes new life members New President’s Council life members Dick Meade, Cheryl and Drew Pellett, and Steve ’74 and Paulette (Engel) Barnes ’74—who achieved life membership in 2014—were honored for their exemplary giving during the council’s annual recognition event May 7. Also achieving this level of support were new life members Jonathan ’90 and Dawn Doering, George Kuh ’68, Brett Reese ’81, Michele (Wylder) Reese ’81, Susan Sorlien ’73 and Thomas Jones, James ’81 and Jodi (Palma) Young ’81, and the estate of Klareen Nottestad ’56. Special acknowledgment was given to the life members of President’s Council who advanced to a new cumulative recognition level—to Larsen Circle: Dennis’64 and Suzanne Birkestrand, Weston Noble ’43, and the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation; to Preus Circle: Bruening Rock Products Inc.; to Ylvisaker Circle: Richard’64 and Barbara (Moen) Amundson’65, Helen (Rowe) ’48 and +Edward Furst, and Joseph ’80 and Greer Whitters. Membership in the President’s Council honors those who have provided financial support to Luther of $1,500 or more—or $750 or more for alumni in their first decade after graduation—in the past calendar year. Life membership honors those whose cumulative outright gifts total $100,000 or more, those who have established irrevocable planned gifts with remainder interest present values of $100,000 or more, those who have made irrevocable gifts of life insurance policies with cash values of $100,000 or more, or those who have contributed combinations thereof. +Deceased
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Brudos, Nordness awards. Alan Brudos ’55, Isak Swanson ’17, Brianna Shelly ’16, and Sally Brudos gathered for this shot after Shelly presented the 2016 Brudos Recital in April as the recipient of the Alan R. and Sally J. Brudos Family Prize for Opera Performance at Luther College for the past academic year. Luigi Enriquez ’17 was named the Brudos prize winner for 2016–17. The Brudos prize ($5,000) is an auditioned scholarship award that is presented each year to an outstanding junior voice student who intends to pursue a career in opera. Swanson, a music, management, and classics major, is the recipient of the Emery O. Nordness Memorial Award for Business, also established by the Brudoses, which is awarded to an outstanding senior Luigi Enriquez majoring in accounting, business, economics, or management.
“Positively Luther” Award goes to Iloria Phoenix ’18 Iloria Phoenix ’18 of Pella, Iowa, received the Kuh Family “Positively Luther” Award for the 2015–16 academic year. The $5,000 award is given each year to a student whose character, leadership, and participation in co-curricular and other educationally purposeful activities enhance the quality of campus life. To apply for the award, students submit their resume and a statement about a new or revised policy, practice, or opportunity the college should consider to further enrich student experience. Phoenix, a music and psychology major, wrote that she loves being a student at Luther but knows that she and other students could benefit if Luther faculty and staff were better prepared to work with and welcome students from diverse backgrounds. The Kuh Family “Positively Luther” Award was established in 2015 by George D. Kuh ’68 of Bonita Springs, Fla.; Warren R. Kuh ’74 of Austin, Texas; and Kristian R. Kuh ’97 of San Diego, Calif.