Lenoir Rhyne College - Hacawa Yearbook (Hickory, NC)

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Lenoir-Rhyne Chose New College President Dr. Albert B. Anderson, the director of a three-college consortium headquar- tered in Moorhead, Minnesota, was elec- ted president of Lenoir-Rhyne College at an August, 1976, meeting of the Board of Trustees. He succeeded Dr. Raymond Bost, who left LR to assume the presi- dency of the Lutheran Theological Semi- nary in Philadelphia. Dr. Anderson, who became the eighth president of Lenoir-Rhyne, began his col- lege studies in 1948 at Concordia College in IVloorhead. He graduated cum laude with a degree in philosophy of religion. Following a year of study at the Univer- sity ■ of Copenhagen, Dr. Anderson en- tered Luther Theological Seminary in St. Paul, where he graduated summa cum laude in 1956 with-a bachelor of theology degree. Dr. Anderson continued his education at the University of Minnesota and Har- vard University. He earned a masters ' s in philosophy from the former in 1958 and completed a doctorate in philosophy of religion six years later at Harvard. In 1966 Dr. Anderson became a full profes- sor of philosophy and chairman of the department at Concordia. Left: President Albert Anderson and First Lady Anita Anderson. Below: The Ander- son family, left to right: Thor, Mrs. An- derson, Solveig, Dr. Anderson, Dagny, Berit, and Per. The dog, a family pet, is named Vinje. :3yxi£j( . L

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In the picture on the opposite page a portion of the large crowd gathered for Election Central is shown. At right, this page. Dr. Lowell Ashman of the LR Political Science Department speaks of the merits of the Carter-IVlondale ticket while President Ford gleams from the poster behind him. Below, left, a group of students gather on the Center Lobby stairs as they await election returns: Walt Cleckley, Andrea Shreve, Margaret Alister, and Fred IVleuter. Below right like Samuels awaits results. « imjuu«nimmm -iii.] !- .iiM Ti v l.»..JIll l- 1 1i |i l lnmililln.]J j i . m,..i,..,,i i.. .

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Worship Service Began LR ' s 86th Year Lenoir-Rhyne officially opened its 86th academic year on September 13, with a worship service in the P. E. Monroe Auditorium. The convocation included an address by the new president of the col- lege, Dr. Albert Anderson. The Reverend Michael C. D. McDaniel was the officiating clergyman at the opening convocation. Student Govern- ment Association president JoAnne Wray read Scripture. Instrumental music was provided by organist Larry H. Lowder and the Lenoir-Rhyne band under the direction of Dr. Ralph A. Gabriel. E. Ray McNeely directed the A Cappella Choir in an anthem. Dr. Anderson, who officially began his duties at Lenoir-Rhyne the week prior to convocation, gave his address entitled Redeeming The Time.