Entries tagged with ‘Edgar Carlson’
Tuesday Trivia: Answered!
Name this Gustie! This 1930 Gustavus graduate is no stranger to the Gustavus campus. Born in Wisconsin, he was one of the pair of debaters who were the first Gusties to win the Pi Kappa Delta national debating championship. You also know his name as an influential administrator. D. Edgar Carlson. He served as […]
Tuesday Trivia
Name this Gustie! This 1930 Gustavus graduate is no stranger to the Gustavus campus. Born in Wisconsin, he was one of the pair of debaters who were the first Gusties to win the Pi Kappa Delta national debating championship. You also know his name as an influential administrator. Is this person: A. Vern Eckman B. […]
Tuesday Trivia: Answered!
Who was the first graduate of Gustavus to serve as college president? E. Matthias Wahlstrom. The Rev. Wahlstrom completed his coursework at St. Ansgars in the late 1860s. The Rev. Dr. Peter Mattson was the first alum with an actual degree from Gustavus Adolphus College. He was a member of the class of 1892. […]
Tuesday Trivia
Who was the first graduate of Gustavus to serve as college president? Was it: A. Walter Lunden B. Edgar Carlson C. James Peterson D. Peter Mattson E. Matthias Wahlstrom The answer to this week’s trivia question will be posted at 6:00 p.m. CST.
Factoid Friday
In July of 1943, President Walter Lunden, secured a Navy V-12 program at Gustavus. V-12 programs were founded at 131 campuses across the nation to provide commissioned officers to the U.S. Navy during World War II. As the presidency of the college shifted to Edgar Carlson in 1944, the College was home to 388 Navy […]
Tuesday Trivia: Answered!
The Edgar M. Carlson Award for Distinguished Teaching was established in 1971 and is given to a faculty member at Gustavus in recognition of the excellence and effectiveness of his or her teaching. The award is announced during Commencement exercises each year, but a nominating process involves faculty, administrators, and students. This weeks question is: […]
Tuesday Trivia
The Edgar M. Carlson Award for Distinguished Teaching was established in 1971 and is given to a faculty member at Gustavus in recognition of the excellence and effectiveness of his or her teaching. The award is announced during Commencement exercises each year, but a nominating process involves faculty, administrators, and students. This weeks question: How […]
Blast from the Past!
Below are the programs and invitations for the dedication of the Carlson Administration Building on December 9, 1973. For more fun artifacts like these and others, visit the Photo Gallery on the Sesquicentennial website or visit the College Archives.
Words of Wisdom
“The road lies forward now! We must honor the past by investing our energies in larger dreams and by giving ourselves to larger attainments…” -Dr. Edgar A. Carlson, Oct. 31, 1944, Quarterly