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Gustavus Adolphus College Names
New Board of Trustee Members

ST. PETER, Minn. (Aug. 31, 2001) – Gustavus Adolphus College recently named seven new members to its Board of Trustees. The board is the main governing body of Gustavus. They are:

Rod Anderson, pastor at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Eden Prairie (MN), and an Eden Prairie resident. Anderson grew up in Cannon Falls (MN).
Al Annexstad, president and chair of Federated Insurance Companies of Owatonna (MN), and a resident of Owatonna. Annexstad grew up in Saint Peter (MN).
Tania Haber, senior pastor at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Bloomington (MN), a St. Louis Park (MN) resident, and a 1978 graduate of Gustavus.
Richard Lundell, retired general agent for Lutheran Brotherhood, an Excelsior (MN) resident, and a 1965 graduate of Gustavus. Lundell grew up in Granite Falls (MN).
Martha "Marty" Penkhus, an on-call nurse at Immanuel St. Joseph’s Hospital in Mankato (MN), a Mankato resident, and president of Gustavus Library Associates.
M. Susan Peterson, senior pastor at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in St. Paul, a resident of St. Paul, and a 1964 graduate of Gustavus.
Jerome King Del Pino, superintendent of the New England Conference of the United Methodist Church, a resident of Stoughton (MA), and a 1968 Gustavus graduate.

Each is elected to serve a three-year term on the 30-plus member board. Members may serve two consecutive terms. These new appointments were made by the

Board of Trustees and ratified by the Gustavus Adolphus College Association of Congregations in April 2001.

Gustavus Adolphus College is a private liberal arts college in St. Peter, Minn. (one hour south of Minneapolis) that prepares 2,500 undergraduates for lives of leadership, service, and lifelong learning. The oldest Lutheran college in Minnesota, Gustavus was founded in 1862 by Swedish immigrants and named for Swedish King Gustav II Adolf. At Gustavus, students receive personal attention in small-sized classes and engage in collaborative research with their professors. Fully accredited and known for its strong science, writing, music, athletics, study-abroad, and service-learning programs, Gustavus hosts a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa and is internationally recognized for its annual Nobel Conference.

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