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1949
Shirley Baertsch, 1/4/2024
1950
Marjorie Swenson Gores, 1/2/2024
1951
Deloris Jackson Bertram, 2/4/2024 | Dennis Lofstrom, 3/26/2024 | Marilyn Sandberg Salovich, 1/12/2024 | Myrna Thorsell Wolf, 12/17/2023
1952
Ernest Lantto, 1/16/2024 | Donald Mortensen, 1/19/2024 | David Schramm, 4/1/2024 | Leone “Lee” Jaenson Zopff, 3/9/2024
1954
Marlin Gerdts, 2/6/2024 | John Sandquist, 1/10/2024 | Elva Stuber, 3/24/2024
1955
Marie Snyder Bristol, 2/16/2024 | Janet Fallstrom Engelmann, 1/5/2024 | James Knight, 12/27/2023 | Michael McInerny, 12/30/2023 | Victor Schlefsky, 12/28/2023 | Clyde Moser, 1/5/2024 | Ralph Sonday, 2/18/2024
1956
Ronald Edberg, 4/2/2024 | Robert Erdman, 3/16/2024 | Gene Flaten, 2/9/2024 | Rayburn Norling, 4/23/2024 | Paul Peterson, 4/2/2024
1957
J. Roger Anderson, 1/1/2024 | Gaylene Carlson Drew, 12/18/2023 | Robert Martinson, 1/11/2024 | Phyllis Holmberg Olsson, 3/11/2024 | Barbara Olson Wanstedt, 4/24/2024
1959
Rose Ann Odegaard Brandt, 1/19/2024 | Darlene Anderson Broderson, 1/9/2024 | Gaylen Class, 1/5/2024 | Marilyn Espeseth Erickson, 12/29/2023
1960
Judy Sand Burmeister, 12/20/2023 | Carolyn Alberts Holmquist, 3/17/2024 | Helen Hannover Johnson, 2/2/2024 | Ray Olson, 2/1/2024 | Lester Schuft, 2/19/2024
1961
Joyce Thorvaldson Clark, 3/2/2024 | Marian Halquist, 12/27/2023 | Alice Nelson Holm, 2/9/2024 | Karen Larson Meisner, 4/8/2024 | R. Kristin Anderson Robinson, 4/2024
1962
Marolyn Nelson Penick, 1/4/2024 | Susan Peterson Pohlman, 3/28/2024 | Carolynn Wahlstrom Rowell, 12/14/2023
1963
Bruce Benson, 2/27/2024 | Virginia Larson, 4/14/2024 | Howard Lee, 3/17/2024 | Miriam Larson Stohl, 1/1/2024 | Mary Dahl Williams, 3/4/2024
1964
Barbara Koehn Baumann | Diane Rasmusson Wolfgang, 3/5/2024 | Jean Kersten Youngerberg, 1/8/2024
1965
Bruce Olson, 1/24/2024
1966
Ada Karlsson Kirscher, 3/31/2024 | Thomas Noer, 3/29/2024
1967
Dwight Brahs, 12/25/2023 | Audrey Frauendienst Friedman, 12/24/2023 | Marcia Furland Anderson, 1/6/24 | Judith Trytten, 4/1/2024
1968
Bruce Gross, 2/21/2024 | James Tandias, 4/4/2024
1969
Cynthia Christensen Kroeger, 2/7/2024 | Bradford Peterson, 2/3/2024
1970
Dale Hedstrand, 12/25/2023 | Luella Peterson Weir, 3/1/2024
1971
Michael Ablan, 1/23/2024 | Peder Arneson, 12/15/2023
1973
Janet Boyce, 2/8/2024 | Julie Ofelt Holmquist, 2/22/2024
1974
Michael Montag, 5/2/2024
1976
Lawrence Salo, 3/24/2024
1978
Donald Jensen, 2/6/2024 | Paul Obinger, 3/13/2024
1981
Greg Eklund, 1/9/2024 | Phillip Mueller, 2/29/2024
1983
Anderson “Andy” Dee, 2/5/2024
1992
Aaron Johnson, 4/24/2024
H’13
Susanne Gray, 3/18/2024
2021
Abigail Ranzau, 2/24/2024
Former Staff
Richard “Dick” Karstad, 3/10/24
Greg Kaster, faculty, Minneapolis, on 6/22/24. A longtime professor of History and African Studies with expertise in the history of labor, American dissent, and slavery and abolitionism. In 2018 he was awarded the Edgar M. Carlson Award, the college’s highest teaching honor, and he was the inaugural James and Patricia McPherson Endowed Professor of American History. He is survived by his wife, Kate Wittenstein, professor emeritus in History and Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies.
Robert Moline, former faculty, Saint Peter, on 1/23/24. After graduating from Augustana College, he served in the Air Force from 1955–59. He returned to school, receiving his master’s degree from the University of Illinois and his PhD from the University of Minnesota. He was the College's first professor of Geography and helped to found the Environmental Studies program. He is survived by his wife, Kay Rethwill Moline ’56, plus two children and a stepdaughter including Karen Wallin ’91. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Jan Moline.
Ranae J. Peterson, former faculty, Mankato, on 4/21/24. She was a part of the Modern Foreign Language department at Gustavus from 1958–1966, where she met and married Bob Peterson ’58, vice president of development at Gustavus. After raising her sons, she returned to Gustavus as a member of the administrative staff. She is survived by two sons, Mark ’88, and Kevin ’94, and their families. She was preceded in death by Bob in 2012.
