Augustana College - Rockety I Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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EIEIruminrnt Alumni REV. L. A. JOHNSTON, D. D. 1 Dr. L, A Johnston was burn in S1531? Grm'o. PaH August l2, .IRSG, After rewiving his preliminary mlm-mimx there, he mlrullml at Allglmr 1mm. grmluuling l'1'nm the rollch in 1375!. Two ,x' '5 luler 1m gladlr med from the seminary mm was ordained in ISSL Sinrv llml timv he has served as lmslul' in Des Moines '81 SlH. Rockford VEGiTML Sl. Paul t'SJiIHL Molina FO-lrjij. and again at SI. Paul. where he now is, Dr. Johnston has always taken an active part in the affairs of the church and has held many offlces of trust and responsibility. having served as president of various conferences and as member or mmmrons hoards; 1-19 has been a member of the Augllslana Buck Cnurern board since its organization. and a member 01' tile Allgusmna college board since 1893. serving as Chairman from lime in lime. For lllree years he was chairman of the Gustavus Adolphus college haartL Fm- several years he acted as assoriale editor of ngzlomsx'iinnen. From 1965 to 1937 he was Swedish secrelary of the General connrilr Prior n: his election to the presidency of the Augustzum synod in 11111. Dr. Johnston served as vice president of that body for a number of years. Dr. Johnston has been heard by The Swedish people throughout the country not only from Ike pulpit km from ihe public platform as well He has perfect command Over hath the Swedish and English languages - and is considered one of lhe nblest Swedish-Amerimn pulpit craters. l jfullum in tly- fnntairps nf ILIrgr mm, muhrrgmm.

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tn wink. l'IslnlrWishillg H-Ilrxlnr'sllips u'us 11w lirrl FIH-M flmughl. 'Hu- Muss nl' 3L7. I'ullrlt-ml .uLl'nIIILu wlvlu'HFl-II ils' lu'r-Hhhfil'liw IIII- n-mlry ln' rounding n sohnlnwhip fund. The msru-inlirm H! :I u'llnlv ' :: Jilm hind. iN Jum' I1h I'Im-il 01' llH-slI l'IIIIrIS, ImWM'I-r. u'ill viI-Itl hul n san :mmml .x'liln-ntl l'u n sing. u slurlvmu smnulhiug Rubslnrllizll I'nJ' Ulll' FI'IIIHJL Wl', IIJr- nlllllmi, u'ill MVP in t-untrihufu pvl's'nnzlllv, zllM :Jrllin-Il, l'mm UHH'rs. 11w m . vinling. ilnL :mu. Inlt A number nl' srimim'sllips. lJHu-I' :ln'llllts :IIHU H1: alum. In Hl'IIUI' in m. IS l'ur Imp Ifm' pmmnling su-Iaulau'sllip :II 1 :41-m1-uly il hl-ttvr u'zl'k' l'nnM hr' llf'Vih'Wl limll In 4ltnt-k LIJP i1 Aug.- InngIIiIiL-vut UPIIIUIIEIUH Iihrm'y with wm-ks indispulmnlm- tn x-anun-i. Enrlu'tu-Fl. 15112 :IIM HIIIMHHIH Llllzh-nl.c with a nose for l't'F nn-h. A third way r:l III Fuggwls iiH-Ir in Hw lm-k uJ' impetus Elt Augustimn Iu slm-iul c-Il'mt mltsim: M the plus Standing pl'i nntl why nut I'rn- ln'nftcivnt-y in mus c- and mi, woulul ritmlAIt-ss furmsh n lmwurful stimulus to IIJL' undergraduate intol- hI-inq nsl W for L 4;!ys, Hunks. ulmiun- Im-I. Hmr-rmls wall u'mHl driving for. while ohtnilwr'l only Iu' tile I'qu'. wmlhl lvnr'l tr: mist- the r :lmlard nf scholarship tln'ouglluut lilr imlitutltul. .Unng UII'N: tines the alumni tlmmsL-Iwes ran dn mut-h; and good frivmls hf lJIi-ir's 21ml of Augustmm my In: ill'1llK'cf1 i0 11:: vastly EIIHI'I'. CARL GA Luxlmr: G. secretary. Gm NT HL'LTBERG. president. Du. C. A. BLOMGRBN. treasurer. Emu Alma mat still nuns gnu.

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Ellurlarlu-Fl. lull Ernmineut Alumni J. A. UDDEN, PH. D., R. N. 0. Dr Udden was born in Uddalm, Lekhsa parish, Vistergatland, Sweden, March 19, 1859' In 1861 his parents emigrated to Amerira and sewed in Carver county, Minnesota. Here he receiver! his early education. Enrolling in the third class of Augustana academy in 1876, he gradlr aled from the collegiate department in 1881. The next seven years he taught aL Bethany college, pursuing post graduate studie: in natural history during vacations. In 1888 he accepted the position as pro- fessor of geology and natural history at Augustana ccllege, which jmsuion he held till the spring of 1911 when he accepted a call to hecome chief genlcgistJ Bureau of Economic Geology and Technology. Texas university, where he is now located. Dr. L'dden has fI'DTII lime to time been connected with the geologicai survey of Illinois and Iowa, the United States geological survey, anti the Texas mineral survey In 1906 he was engaged as geologist on the Illinois Geographical survey. Some important invesugmians hearing on wind as a geological agent have been made by Dr. L'Ilden. He has published a number of papers on this subject: Erosion, Transportation and Sedimentation Performed by the Atmosphere, Dust and Sandstorms in the West,u Loess as a Land Deposit, and tiThe Mechanical Composition of Wind Deposits. A number or other importanL scientiflc papers have appeared in scien- tific journals. He IS a recognized authority on geology the whole country over and is one of the greatest Swedisermerican scientists in this country. Dr. rdden is a member of the Davenport Academy of Science. the Iowa Academy of Science and the National Geographical society, and is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. A muu'n aurrrsa i5 uni always mrajunh hg 1hr aummlt sf gulh ll: mnnssts.