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4 unusual facts about St. Olaf College


David Ede

He studied Lutheran theology at St. Olaf College and Luther Theological Seminary and received bachelor's degrees from these institution in 1957 and 1961.

Jacobel Glacier

It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Robert W. Jacobel, holder of the Grace A. Whittier Chair of Physics at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota.

Jay Gatsby

He despises the limitations of poverty so much that he drops out of St. Olaf College in Minnesota only a few weeks into his first semester.

Paul Manz

Trinity Seminary of Columbus, Ohio bestowed the “Joseph Sittler Award for Theological Leadership” and among his many honorary doctorates is the Doctor of Sacred Music degree from Valparaiso University, and most recently, the Doctor of Music degree from St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota.


Andreas Nilsen Rygg

That same year he was honored as an honorary doctor at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.

Carsten Woll

After retiring as a teacher of singing and music at St. Olaf College in 1951, he moved to Eugene, Oregon.

Lisa K. Wyatt

Wyatt graduated magna cum laude from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, with a bachelor's degree in theatre (with a departmental distinction) and math.

Ward Sutton

Sutton, a graduate of St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, is the brother of writer/musician Mark Sutton.


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Hjalmar Ekdal topology

I had just taken a course on Henrik Ibsen (this was, after all, at St Olaf College, a Minnesota college founded by Norwegian-American Lutherans and very true to its heritage which was my heritage as well for that matter).