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unusual facts about Augustana College



College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

The conference was formed with nine charter members (Augustana College, Carthage College, Elmhurst College, Illinois College, Illinois Wesleyan University, Lake Forest College, Millikin University, North Central College and Wheaton College) on April 26, 1946, in Jacksonville, Ill., and opened competition in the 1946-47 academic year as the College Conference of Illinois.

Roald H. Fryxell

An overlook shelter at the Palouse Falls is also named after him, as is the Roald H. Fryxell Memorial Scholarship at Augustana College.

Robert T. Wagner

Wagner also held honorary doctorates from Augustana College, Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, the University of South Dakota, and a Doctorate of Public Service to the State of South Dakota awarded by the South Dakota Board of Regents.

Rosemond Tuve

She was born November 29, 1903, in Canton, South Dakota, the daughter of Anthony G. Tuve, the president of Augustana College, and Ida Larsen Tuve, instructor of music there.


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