PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNlVERSIlY
Volume XVIII No.1
Libra ry Addit i o n 2-3 Dedicated . . . . . . . . . .
The o pe n i ng of the school year also marked the open ing of the new 52.1 m i l l i on Carlisle Dietrich Addl ian to the Robert A.L. M o rt vedt library Dr. Mortvedt was a guest speake r
Mountain tdp Experiences
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Three members of the PLU fa m i ly were tre kk i n g i n the world's h i g hest m o u nt a i n s i n recent months. Plant manager Jim Phil l ips was i n t h e Sov i et U n i on's ksus, a n d Profs Sara Officer a nd Jea n ne Koh l cl i m bed i n the Himalayas and A ndes respective ly
Board H as New Look
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seventeen regents reti red and 2 2 new m e m b ers were elected by rep resentati ves of the 6 28 congregations of R egion I of the L u t he r a n E v a n g e l i cal new Ch u rch i n A m eri ca, m eet ing as the PLU Corpora t i o n The new Regents take office this month.
Liberal A rts Foc u s
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PLU is e m ba rki ng o n a m bitious new p l a ns to strengthen its l i b era l arts fou dation. A $ 1 00,000 g ra nt from Burl i ngton N orthern Fou ndati o n i s fu nding related proj ects in a l l d i visions of the College of A rts and Sciences.
Professo rs H o n o red
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October 1987
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Lutes Enjoy A u stral i a
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T h ree professors we re rece n t rec i p i ents o f B u r l i ngton N o rth ern Fou ndation Facu lty Ach i eve ment Awa rds. They were W i l l i a m Becvar, c o m m u n i ca t i o n a rts; Edwin Cla usen, h i story; and Ger a l d Myers, b u s i ness a d m i n i stra tion.
Bruce Haroldson's L u te b ask et bail e rs s p e n t t h re e weeks In Aug ust touring A ustra l i a . Afte r a siow sta rt they won five of n i n e g a mes a g a i n s t A u s s i e tea ms.
D i st i n guished Alum n i
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The 1987 Disti ngu ished A l u m n u s i s Ger h a rd Reitz ' 3 9, a ret i red m issi onary to Pa pua N ew G u i nea. A l u m ni w i l l also honor educator N icholas Glaser ' 5 3 and PLU ch ief engi neer David C h ristian ' 5 9 .
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For t h e fi rst t i m e , PLU faculty l i ned up as an h o n o r g u a rd to welcome new stu dents prior to Opening Co n vocat i o n SePt. 8 The event was spec ia l beca u se this year's fresh m e n can be part of the final Centen nial Year Clas that g radu ates in M ay 1 91.
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