{"id":6817,"date":"2016-03-18T20:28:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T20:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=6817"},"modified":"2025-06-03T18:50:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T18:50:12","slug":"martin-olav-sabo-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2016\/03\/18\/martin-olav-sabo-59\/","title":{"rendered":"A legacy remembered: Martin Olav Sabo &#8217;59"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6828 size-full alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/03\/martin_sabo.jpg\" alt=\"martin_sabo\" width=\"700\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/03\/martin_sabo.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/03\/martin_sabo-300x111.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Upon his passing, Augsburg College alumnus and former U.S. Representative <strong>Martin Olav Sabo &#8217;59<\/strong> was remembered as one of the most effective members of Congress ever to come from Minnesota. An editorial published by the Minneapolis Star Tribune noted that Sabo was a &#8220;career politician&#8221; in the best possible sense and that he\u00a0gave his all to strengthen democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Augsburg College <strong>President Paul Pribbenow<\/strong> said that Sabo was, &#8220;a national leader and public servant, and an inspirational legend dedicated to revitalizing the role of higher education in equipping students for active engagement in citizenship and democracy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following Sabo&#8217;s\u00a0retirement from public service, Augsburg founded the Martin Olav Sabo Center for Democracy and Citizenship to carry on his legacy of important work. The Sabo Center is committed to fostering civic agency and engagement on campus and in the larger community.<\/p>\n<p>Sabo&#8217;s career and accomplishments were recapped by national, state, and local media, including the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/03\/14\/us\/politics\/martin-sabo-minnesota-congressman-known-for-compassion-in-era-of-partisanship-dies-at-78.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a>: Martin Sabo, Minnesota Congressman Known for Compassion in Era of Partisanship, Dies at 78<\/li>\n<li class=\"posttitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/minnesota.cbslocal.com\/2016\/03\/13\/martin-sabo-impact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WCCO-TV<\/a>: Looking Back At Martin Sabo\u2019s\u00a0Impact<\/li>\n<li class=\"posttitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twincities.com\/2016\/03\/13\/martin-olav-sabo-longtime-minnesota-representative-has-died\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pioneer Press<\/a>:\u00a0Martin Olav Sabo, longtime Minnesota representative, has died<\/li>\n<li class=\"posttitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/martin-o-sabo-minnesota-congressman-for-28-years-dies-at-78\/2016\/03\/13\/beac014c-e958-11e5-b0fd-073d5930a7b7_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Post<\/a>:\u00a0Martin O. Sabo, Minnesota congressman for 28 years, dies at 78<\/li>\n<li class=\"posttitle\">KSTP-TV:\u00a0Former DFL U.S. Rep. Martin Olav Sabo Dies<\/li>\n<li class=\"posttitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wday.com\/news\/minnesota\/3985879-former-us-rep-martin-olav-sabo-dies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WDAY-TV<\/a>:\u00a0Former U.S. Rep. Martin Olav Sabo dies<\/li>\n<li class=\"posttitle\">BringMeTheNews:\u00a0Longtime DFL lawmaker Martin Olav Sabo dies at age 78<\/li>\n<li class=\"posttitle\">Star Tribune:\u00a0Martin Sabo, longtime DFL congressman and politician, dies<\/li>\n<li class=\"posttitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2016\/03\/13\/former-minnesota-congressman-martin-sabo-dies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Public Radio<\/a>:\u00a0Longtime Minnesota Congressman Martin Sabo dies at 78<\/li>\n<li class=\"posttitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2016\/03\/martin-olav-sabo-longtime-congressman-dies-at-78-220695#ixzz43Ho6CUiM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Politico<\/a>:\u00a0Martin Olav Sabo, longtime congressman, dies at 78<\/li>\n<li class=\"posttitle\">Star Tribune:\u00a0Martin Olav Sabo: He gave his all to strengthen democracy<\/li>\n<li class=\"posttitle\">The Column:\u00a0Rep. Martin Sabo, a longtime supporter of LGBTQ equality, dies at 78<\/li>\n<li class=\"posttitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twincities.com\/2016\/03\/13\/klobuchar-dayton-and-others-react-to-death-of-former-u-s-rep-martin-sabo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pioneer Press<\/a>:\u00a0Klobuchar, Dayton and others react to death of former U.S. Rep. Martin Sabo<\/li>\n<li class=\"posttitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/minnesota.cbslocal.com\/2016\/03\/13\/martin-sabo-death-reactions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBS Minnesota<\/a>:\u00a0Political Leaders React To Martin Sabo\u2019s\u00a0Death<\/li>\n<li class=\"posttitle\">KARE-TV:\u00a0Former congressman Martin Sabo dies at 78<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upon his passing, Augsburg College alumnus and former U.S. Representative Martin Olav Sabo &#8217;59 was remembered as one of the most effective members of Congress ever to come from Minnesota. An editorial published by the Minneapolis Star Tribune noted that Sabo was a &#8220;career politician&#8221; in the best possible sense and that he\u00a0gave his all &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6817"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11848,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6817\/revisions\/11848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}