La Sierra College - Meteor Yearbook (Arlington, CA)

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A man of strong personal charisma his death from a heart attack December 30 1963 shocked the cam- pus. The first president to die in office his loss touched the hearts of students and faculty alike. William Landeen returned for the shortest presidential term served on this campus. During this interim ad- ministration La Sierra s first Student Missionary Larry Veverka returned from I-long Kong. The next school year opened with David Bieber the buildingest presi- dent of them all. He started with a new college market that September and continued the next year by remodeling and enlarging the cafeteria and adding the Student Center and Lounge in its basement. Under his impetus plans were drawn up to offer independent graduate programs in French Physics Business Home Economics English and Chemistry. In 1966 construction of Sierra Towers began only to be halted by union pickets in the fall. Work con- tinued after the school obtained an in- junction against the union. 1967 proved to be a year of great significance for La Sierra College. It began with the com- pletion of Sierra Towers and ended with the ground being broken for the Con- sumer Related Science building. But the big event was the merger with Loma Linda University on July first. Nearly forty-five years after its humble begin- nings this institution lost its identity to Loma Linda University - we were swallowed up into the largest educa- tional conglomerate in Seventh-Day Adventdom! Bieber still maintained his presidency but now he governed both campuses. In order to ease the growing weight of administration responsibility he gained an assistant when a lanky Scandinavian V. Norskov Olsen became the La Sierra Campus Provost in 1972. In 1968 the CRS building was com- pleted along with the Behavioral Sciences Building - the old college market reborn. That year also marked the organization of the School of Education. During the next two years a new agricultural building was con- structed. Early in 1971 a spade turned the first ground for the library. Two and a half years later students wandered searching for a needed reference the new library probably had what they were searching for - somewhere. As the library arose construction crews erected the Alumni Pavilion in 1972 putting the final touches on the Physical Education Plant. JF' ,par lit. .M :-g.- 1.-. ..- Y .if . I' is A sf .ti mY L' .L History 21

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V' ff' .1 g.mKg,A.,Q-V' -. v H4 li S ' seen in the aerial view of the cam- pus. The construction of Sierra Towers began in 1966 and with some difficulty. Besides the active building program, another characteristic of Bieber's term was the visiting lecturers who graced this campus with their wisdom. These included such greats like Paul Tillich, and Carl F. Henryg political notables such as Ronald Reagan and Abba Ebang and other milestones in twentieth century life, such as Ralph Nader, John Kenneth Galbraith, L. Patrick Moynihan, and Wernew von Braun. In 1974 the presidency fell on V. Norskov Olsen. His administration has given birth to both the Academic Master Plan for the University and the Physical Master Plan for the La Sierra Campus, including a new art building and science complex. During his service to the school, the La Sierra Campus has also seen major renovation: a new sewage system, the refurbishing of the Collegiate Church, HMA, and San Fer- nando Hallg this campus,s designation as an official arboretumg as well as its receiving a mud pack, a thick coat of brown paint to help it blend into the hiss and the summer smog. During the sixties, enrollment on the La Sierra Campus had approached the 2,000 mark. It surpassed that in 1973 and peaked during the fall quarter of 1978 with 2591 students enrolled - the largest student body for any Adventist campus anywhere in the world at any time! In 1981 it became possible to earn a doctoral degree on this campus when the School of Education received authorization to offer their Ed.D degree. Just before this school year com- menced, the campus suffered the loss of Tracy Teele, Dean of Students and Vice-President of Student Affairs when a heart attack claimed his life. Teele had served the students of La Sierra for 22 years developing innovative pro- grams, including our Resident Assistant system, the first in the denomination. While at La Sierra, he never abused the immense personal power that was p , I -7 ! I 14 . i4 . 'YM' Q it I. -'r