Concordia College - Spire / Concordian Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Selection of administrators and faculty for the new institution was the most important of all the organizational tasks. !g,.-'. , -,....--.i4.,c-:- . m:..L..... . - A fi lvlr. George Wilkinson welding an arch ior the classroom building, YValter H. XVente was chosen as first academic deang Richard A. jesse as dean of studentsg Herbert G. Brede- meier as dean of administrationg Oscar T. XValle as registrarg and Lando C. Otto as librarian. The members of this administrative team began their task as much as two and one half years before the opening of the college and succeeded in providing Synod with an efficiently organized and operating college from the beginning. 'zixq -' r' - -, Nh. - Do you recognize +l'ie classroom building? NW corner. In the person of Dr. Martin J. Neeb, who had ten years of administrative experi- ence as Executive Secretary of the Board for Higher uliducation, plus eighteen years of teaching experi- ence, Synod found an able and talented man for the responsible post of Presi- dent. Main boilers in the basemenr oi llwe Aucliroriurn. H

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