Past Meetings, Themes and Presidents

YEAR	PLACE	THEME	PRESIDENT*	COLLEGE
1935	St. Olaf	No stated theme	* No presidents were selected until 1947.The names are listed with the meeting that the president planned and presided over, a year after he or she assumed the office. Current practice provides for one year served as president-elect, one year as president (the year listed here), and one year as past president.
1936	Augustana, IL	No stated theme
1937	Luther, IA	The Peculiar Responsibilities of the Teacher in a Christian College
1938	Midland	No stated theme
1939	Gustavus Adolphus	Our Lutheran Cultural Heritage
1940	Wartburg	The Contribution of Christian Education to Human Freedom
1941	St. Olaf	The Dynamics of Christian Education
1942	Augustana, SD	Education for Righteousness and Freedom
1943	Valparaiso	The Unique Function of Lutheran Education Today
1944	DeKoven Foundation	The Lutheran College Graduate in Modern Society
1945	NO MEETING HELD
1946	Augustana, SD	Orientation Toward Tomorrow in the Christian College
1947	Gustavus Adolphus	Orientation in Lutheran Colleges Toward Christian Citizenship
1948	St. Olaf	Christian Centered Education in the Church College	Arthur Paulson	St. Olaf
1949	Augustana, IL	Toward a Lutheran Philosophy of Education	Edward Nervig	Augustana, SD
1950	Augsburg	The Lutheran Teacher	George Hall	Gustavus
1951	Capital	Christian Education and Contemporary Cultural Crises	W.O. Doescher	Capital
1952	Luther, IA	The Creative Task of the Christian College	Ruth Wick	Carthage, IL
1953	Augustana, SD	Faculty Welfare and Growth	Martin Quanbeck	Augsburg
1954	Midland	Teaching Load and Effective Teaching	Kenneth Berger	Luther, IA
1955	Wartburg	Place of Extra Curricular Activity in the Christian Liberal Arts College	Herman Gimmestad	Midland
1956	Concordia M, MN	The Church's Stake in Liberal Arts Education	Stanley Olsen	Augustana, SD
1957	Valparaiso	The Christian Liberal Arts College in a Science Culture	Oliver Graebner	Valparaiso
1958	Gustavus Adolphus	The Christian College and the Social Man	Carl E. Bailey	Concordia M, MN
1959	St. Olaf	The Lutheran College in the Next Decade	Gerahrd Belgum	Luther, IA
1960	Augustana, IL	Some of my Best Friends are Students	Ralph Hansen	Carthage
1961	Luther, IA	The Lutheran College and the Wall of Separation	Philip Quanbeck	Augsburg
1962	Concordia M, MN	Creativity and Research in the Christian Liberal Arts College	Kenneth Andeen	Augustana, IL
1963	Gustavus Adolphus	Some Issues in the Physical Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities	Harold Ditmanson	St. Olaf
1964	Wartburg	What is Quality Higher Education?	Verlyn Smith	Augustana, SD
1965	Augustana, SD	Christian Higher Education in a Secular Society	John R. Holum	Augsburg
1966	St. Olaf	Genetic Manipulation and Christian Concern	Clifford Hansen	Dana
1967	Carthage	The Current Scene in Catholic Higher Education	James Fritschel	Wartburg
1968	Augustana, IL	The Generation Gap: Can We Learn From Students?	Harold Carlson	Carthage
1969	Dana	Faculty and the New Intellectual	Andrew Prinz	Concordia, IL
1970	Muhlenberg	Community and Commitment in Christian Higher Education	Elliot Thoreson	Augustana, SD
1971	Wittenberg	Towards a Philosophy of Christian Higher Education for the Seventies	Robert Hartje	Wittenberg
1972	St. Olaf	The Church College and Law: Value Centered Education and Public Policy	Doniver Lund	Gustavus
1973	Valparaiso	Values and Curriculum	Arthur L. Olsen	Augustana, SD
1974	Augsburg	The Christian View of the Human Being: Implications for Education	David Grimsrud	St. Olaf
1975	Capital	Technological Man and Agape	Alcyone Scott	Midland
1976	Carthage	The Role of the Professor at the Lutheran College	Paul H. Andrews	Capital
1977	Luther, IA	Church Related College in an Age of Pluralism: The Search for a Viable Saga	Arland Hultgren	Wagner
1978	Augustana, SD	The Prophetic Role of Church Related Colleges	Allan Hauck	Carthage
1979	Gustavus Adolphus	The Role of Lutheran Colleges in Human Liberation	Jerry Hamilton	Wittenberg
1980	Wittenberg	Academic Integrity vs. Economic Reality	Connie Gengenbach	St. Olaf
1981	Valparaiso	Reclaiming Humanism: A Challenge for Arts and Sciences	Jan Hansen	Capital
1982	Wartburg	Conscience and Capitalism: What is the Responsibility of Lutheran Education	Glenn Halverson	Upsala
1983	Thiel	The Hope for Global Order	Donald Koetke	Valparaiso
1984	Augsburg	USSR: Perspectives and Tensions	Herman Diers	Wartburg
1985	Augustana, IL	The Universe: Large and Small	Ingrid Tiegel	Carthage
1986	Lenoir Rhyne	Vision and Promise in the Liberal Arts	Harold Haas	Lenoir Rhyne
1987	Concordia, IL	On Being an Intellectual as a Religious Vocation	Wilfred Bunge	Luther, IA
1988	Luther, IA	The College Years and the Development of Character and Values	Larry Rosenkoetter	Bethany
1989	Gustavus Adolphus	In Whose Image: Gender and the Identity of Lutheran Colleges	Frederick Rusch	Augustana, SD
1990	Pacific Lutheran	Gaining Perspective: International/ Intercultural Education. and the Liberal Arts	Peter Hovde	Concordia M, MN
1991	Concordia M, MN	Environmental Values and the Liberal Arts College	Sheri J. Tonn	Pacific
1992	Augustana, SD	Visions for Faithfulness: Challenges of Feminist Theologies	Beverly Stratton	Augsburg
1993	Texas Lutheran	The Family: Realities and Myths	Viji George	Concordia NY
1994	Concordia, NE	Diversity, Multiculturalism, and . . . Lutherans?	Wendy McCredie	Texas Lutheran
1995	Wartburg	Our Encounter with Islam	Fred Strickert	Wartburg
1996	California Lutheran	Technology in Lutheran Higher Education	Herb Gooch	California Lutheran
1997	Valparaiso	The Role of the Artist in Lutheran Higher Education	Albert Trost	Valparaiso
1998	Dana	INTERSECTIONS: A Conference on Interdisciplinary Education	Milt Heinrich	Dana
1999	Luther	Models of Mentoring	Donna Kubesh	Luther
2000	Concordia, CA	Partnerships and Collaborations	Peter Senkbeil	Concordia, CA
2001	Gustavus Adolphus	The Impact of Computer Culture on Liberal Arts Education	Horst Ludwig	Gustavus Adolphus
2002	Waldorf	Education in International and Cross-Cultural Experiences	Jay Sierszyn	Waldorf /Wisconsin Lutheran
2003	Roanoke	Hallmarks of Excellence for the Liberal Arts in the 21st Century	C. William Hill, Jr.	Roanoke
2004	Concordia, NY	A New York State of Mind: City as Text	Ralph Peters	Concordia, NY
2005	Midland Lutheran	Ethics in the World Today	Patricia Trautrimas	Midland Lutheran

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