The Augsburg\u00a0University Board of Regents and the Augsburg Alumni Association bestow the Distinguished Alumni Award in recognition of significant achievement in vocation, for outstanding contribution to church and community, and for a life that exemplifies the ideals and mission of Augsburg\u00a0University.<\/p>\n
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2025<\/strong><\/p>\n Susan Allen \u201992<\/p>\n Michele Boyer ’89<\/p>\n Deacon Ross R. Murray \u201900, \u201909<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n Judge Pamela Alexander ’74<\/p>\n Vicki Ellingrod ’89<\/p>\n Brian Greseth ’83<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n Tsehai Wodajo Lemu \u201897<\/p>\n Devoney Looser \u201889<\/p>\n Jan Nelson Meslin \u201872<\/p>\n James F. Rodde \u201874<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n Rufus R. Campbell \u201975<\/p>\n Gregory D. Clausen \u201969<\/p>\n Jonathan C. Moren \u201978<\/p>\n Lloyd (Butch) E. Raymond \u201963<\/p>\n Karen J. Reed \u201990<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n David J. Melby ’68<\/p>\n Brynn A. (Mundahl) Watson ’89<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n Bruce Benson ’68<\/p>\n Inez Bergquist ’77<\/p>\n Mark Francis ’70<\/p>\n Terry Lindstrom ’73<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n Ron Nelson ’68<\/p>\n Lee Roper-Batker ’88<\/p>\n Dr. Ray Yip ’72<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n Dan W. Anderson \u201865<\/p>\n Grace (Forss) Herr \u201857<\/p>\n Harvey Peterson \u201852<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n Mark S. Hanson \u201868<\/p>\n Michael R. Good \u201971<\/p>\n Dean Kennedy \u201875<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n Theodore Grindal \u201976<\/p>\n Roselyn Nordaune \u201977<\/p>\n Clayton McNeff \u201991<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n Bruce Brekke \u201970<\/p>\n Richard Ekstrand \u201972<\/p>\n John Selstad \u201967<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n Gaylord (Corky) Hall \u201971<\/p>\n Wayne Jorgenson \u201971<\/p>\n Judith Schaubach \u201968<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n Robert Hanson \u201968<\/p>\n Don \u201953 and Beverly \u201955 Oren<\/p>\n Jean Taylor \u201985<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n Phebe Hanson \u201950<\/p>\n Tove Dahl and Curt Rice \u201984<\/p>\n Joyce Pfaff \u201965<\/p>\n Richard Thorud \u201956<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2008<\/strong><\/p>\n Dennis Kalpin \u201961<\/p>\n LaRhae Knatterud \u201970<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2007<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Bruce Amundson \u201960<\/p>\n James L. Pederson \u201956<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2006<\/strong><\/p>\n Lois Peterson Bollman \u201969<\/p>\n Glen Person \u201947<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2005<\/strong><\/p>\n Donald A. Anderson \u201960<\/p>\n Janice Aune \u201988<\/p>\n Dr. Donald Mattison \u201966<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2004<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Brian Anderson \u201982<\/p>\n Fern Gudmestad \u201941<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2003\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Bishop Hans G. Dumpys \u201956<\/p>\n Ertwin Jones-Hermerding \u201969<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2002 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. James Hamre \u201953<\/p>\n Judge LaJune Thomas Lange \u201975<\/p>\n Dr. Richard Seime \u201970<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2001 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n George S. Dahlman \u201972<\/p>\n Burton P. Fosse \u201944<\/p>\n Dr. Kathleen D. Lake \u201976<\/p>\n Dr. Neal O. Thorpe \u201960<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2000 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n David Cherwien \u201979<\/p>\n Dr. M. Annette Hoversten Hanson \u201968<\/p>\n Ellen Stenberg Erickson \u201951<\/p>\n Dr. Oscar A. Anderson \u201938<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1999 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Janice Peterson Andrews \u201966<\/p>\n Daniel S. Hanson \u201986<\/p>\n Dr. Ordean Torstenson \u201963<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1998 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Jeroy C. Carlson \u201948<\/p>\n Milton Kleven \u201946<\/p>\n James G. Lindell Sr. \u201946<\/p>\n David Steenson \u201963<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1997 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Carolyn Bliss \u201956<\/p>\n Rev. Leslie F. Brandt \u201941<\/p>\n Kinney Johnson \u201965<\/p>\n Rev. Morris Vaagenes \u201954<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1996 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Stephen K. Batalden \u201967<\/p>\n Dr. Ruth E. Johnson \u201974<\/p>\n Dr. Philip Quanbeck \u201950<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1995 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Peter Agre \u201970<\/p>\n Dr. Kenneth Holmen \u201974<\/p>\n Harley Refsal \u201967<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1994 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Rev. Marilyn Saure Breckenridge \u201961<\/p>\n Orville A. Olson \u201949<\/p>\n Rev. Sheldon Torgerson \u201949<\/p>\n Dr. Beverly Tollefson Uhlenberg \u201960<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1993 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Margaret Chrislock Gilseth \u201940<\/p>\n Rev. Clifford Johnson \u201934<\/p>\n Dr. John-Mark Stensvaag \u201969<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1992 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Shelby Gimse Andress \u00a0\u201956<\/p>\n Rev. Clarence J. \u00a0Carlsen \u201915 (Posthumous)<\/p>\n Bessie Cunningham Hughes \u201971<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1991 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Stanley Baker \u201957<\/p>\n Emil Fossan \u201930<\/p>\n Inez Schwarzkopf \u201959<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1990 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. J. \u00a0Vernon Jensen \u201947<\/p>\n Archie Lalim \u201950<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1989 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Leola Dyrud Furman \u201961<\/p>\n Dr. Norman Myrvik \u201938<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1988 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Rev. Dr. Thomas Hanson \u201966<\/p>\n Grace Peterson Nelson \u201933<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1987 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Merton Johnson \u201959<\/p>\n Dr. Stanley Quanbeck \u201959<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1986 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Frank Ario \u201950<\/p>\n Dr. Carl Chrislock \u201937<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1985 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Arthur Anderson \u201954<\/p>\n Kaanaeli Ngowi Makundi \u201970<\/p>\n Luther Olson \u201956<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1984 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Paul Batalden \u201963<\/p>\n Dr. Ron Ferguson \u201967<\/p>\n Dr. Clayton Gjerde \u201935<\/p>\n Dr. Clarice Staff \u201963<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1983 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Jerome Formo \u201937<\/p>\n Dr. Gracia Grindal \u201965<\/p>\n Rev. Larry Gudmestad \u201939<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1982 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Birgit Birkeland \u201958<\/p>\n Dr. Kenneth G. Hagen \u201958<\/p>\n Dr. Joel Torstenson \u201938<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1981 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Muriel Nelson Helland \u201925<\/p>\n Rev. Jonathan Lindell \u201939<\/p>\n Col. Lloyd Lyngdal \u201952<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1980 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Paul R. Fridlund\u201942<\/p>\n Evelyn R. Lovaas \u201940<\/p>\n Rev. David H. Rokke \u201952<\/p>\n Dr. Leland B. Sateren \u201935<\/p>\n Clair E. Strommen \u201946<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1979 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Herbert W. Chilstrom \u201954<\/p>\n Dr. William H. Halverson \u201951<\/p>\n Dr. Theodor I. Jensen \u201930<\/p>\n Mildred V. Joel \u201940<\/p>\n Einar O. Mohn \u201929<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1978 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Mabeth Saure Gyllstrom \u201958<\/p>\n Dr. Louis I. Hansen \u201928<\/p>\n Dr. William M. Leebens \u201936<\/p>\n Dr. Paul L. Nyhus \u201957<\/p>\n Dr. Robert A. Weagant \u201949<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1977 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Maxine Berntsen \u201957<\/p>\n Dr. Norman G. Anderson \u201939<\/p>\n Dr. Leland Fairbanks \u201953<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1976 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Hon. Martin O. Sabo \u201959<\/p>\n Dr. Rudolph J. Engelmann \u201950<\/p>\n Dr. Marcy Ditmanson \u201940<\/p>\n Oscar Austad \u201946<\/p>\n George E. N. Nelson \u201938<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1975 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Elias Halling \u201927<\/p>\n Earl Lanes \u201940<\/p>\n Gladys Lyng \u201938<\/p>\n Dr. O. Myking \u00a0Mehus \u201916<\/p>\n Gloria Burntvedt Nelson \u201943<\/p>\n Rev. Caleb Quanbeck \u201924<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1974 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Norman G. Anderson \u201941<\/p>\n Dr. Richard R. Green \u201959<\/p>\n Dr. Louise Johnson \u201949<\/p>\n Dr. Gerald A. Person \u201939<\/p>\n Dr. Carl T. Solberg \u201935 (AD says 31)<\/p>\n Dr. Gerald H. Thorson \u201943<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1973 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Gertrude Lund Hognander \u201936<\/p>\n Hoyt Messerer \u201939<\/p>\n Dr. Ruth A. Schmidt \u201952<\/p>\n Rev. Paul G. Sonnack \u201942<\/p>\n Dr. O. Lewis Zahrendt \u201934<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1972 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Donald Olsen \u201934<\/p>\n Sylvia Nelson \u201934<\/p>\n Richard F. Pautz \u201937<\/p>\n John Werket \u201949<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1971 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Henry J. Bertness \u201947<\/p>\n Lester G. Johnson \u201939<\/p>\n Dr. Conrad Winther \u201903<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1970 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Andrew Hsiao \u201956<\/p>\n Anne S. Pederson \u201932<\/p>\n Olaf G. Sandbo \u201921<\/p>\n Dr. Henry P. Staub \u201943<\/p>\n Rev. Dr. Merton P. Strommen \u201942<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1969 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. S. K. Andreassen \u201907<\/p>\n Rev. Benjamin A. Gjenvick \u201943<\/p>\n George S. Michaelsen \u201931<\/p>\n Gerda Mortensen (Honorary)<\/p>\n Oswald Oudal \u201927<\/p>\n Dr. Martin Quanbeck \u201929<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1968 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Chester Brooks \u201942<\/p>\n Dr. Luthard Gjerde \u201933<\/p>\n Dr. Philip Helland \u201942<\/p>\n Hiram Johnson \u201913<\/p>\n Martha Mattson \u201928<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1967 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n A.B. Batalden \u201935<\/p>\n Albert L. Gallop \u201948<\/p>\n Dr. Arthur Nash \u201922<\/p>\n Judge Luther Sletten \u201928<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1966 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Luther Arnold \u201929<\/p>\n Rolf T. Harbo \u201922<\/p>\n Dr. Theodore L. Nydahl \u201922<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1965 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Kristofer Hagen \u201929<\/p>\n Rev. John Jensen \u201930<\/p>\n Dr. Warren A. Quanbeck \u201937<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1964 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Bernhard M. Christensen \u201922<\/p>\n Dr. Ralph Mortensen \u201913<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1963 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Walter G. Johnson \u201927<\/p>\n Oletta Wald \u201931<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1962 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Carl W. Blegen \u201904<\/p>\n Rev. Arthur S. Olson \u201912<\/p>\n Dr. John Stensvaag \u201936<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1961 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Oliver J. Lee \u00a0\u201901<\/p>\n John Nordberg \u201931<\/p>\n Sen. Alexander Wiley \u201906<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1960 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Margaret Hulburt \u201933<\/p>\n Dr. Quentin Myrvik \u201945<\/p>\n Charles Retrum \u201934<\/p>\n Rev. Morris G.C. Vaagenes \u201916<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1959 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. E.C. Andreassen \u201911<\/p>\n Dr. Theodore Blegen \u201910<\/p>\n Dr. T.O. Burntvedt \u201912<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1958 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Rev. Marius Dixen \u201918<\/p>\n Leif Harbo \u201918<\/p>\n Rev. B.A. Helland \u201918<\/p>\n Rev. Joseph Nystuen \u201918<\/p>\n Gen. 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