Class Notes

The Class Notes section is dedicated for alumni to share information about their accomplishments and milestones. Class Notes are a way for alumni to spread the word about a promotion, award/honor received, career move, wedding, birth announcement, etc. All Class Notes are posted online and are considered for publication use in all alumni relations publications. Click here to submit a class note!

1973

Gail Egbers ('73)

Gail recently entered phased retirement from Pacific Lutheran University after 25 years as a librarian at Mortvedt Library. She will be working a greatly reduced schedule until May 2020.

1969

Ruth Boettcher ('69)

In July 2017, Ruth retired as a pastor in the ELCA, most recently serving at St. John's Lutheran Church in Schuyler, NE for 11 years. She served also in the community, including a task force that comes to fruition this fall in the build of a home through the Schuyler Extension of Columbus (NE)...

1969

Walter F. Taylor, Jr. ('69)

Walter retired from Trinity Lutheran Seminary on December 31, 2016. The latest issue of the journal Currents in Theology and Mission [Vol. 46, No 2 (2019) contains Festschrift articles dedicated to him. The link is http://www.currentsjournal.org/index.php/currents/index .

1963

Bill Nelsen ('63)

Rev. Dr. William (Bill) Nelsen is currently serving as the Interim President at the Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was asked to take on this assignment as a member of the Registry for College and University Presidents, an organization of former college and university...

1955

Ruth Ann Fullner ('55)

I am almost 83. I stayed actively employed in Nursing for 45 years. The first four years were at Immanuel, the original hospital. After that I spent four years at the VA hospital in Omaha, Nebraska and 30 years at the VA in Phoenix, Arizona. I also spent two years in a private hospital in Tempe,...

1945

Kenneth ('45) and Eloise Dale

Kenneth (Johnson) Dale, class of 1945, lives, with his wife Eloise in a retirement community in Claremont, CA. Kenneth was honored to have a new institute at the Lutheran College and Seminary in Tokyo, Japan, named "The Dale Pastoral Center" in appreciation for the work he had done for that...