PHILANTHROPY HIGHLIGHTS

$1.5 million grant to establish endowed chair
The Floy L. and Paul F. Cornelsen Foundation has committed $1.5 million to the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago for the establishment of an endowed chair. The chair, to be called the Dean of the Chapel and Cornelsen Director of Spiritual Formation, will enable the seminary to create a position responsible for worship life and the spiritual preparation of seminarians for ministry. 

"The Cornelsens’ gift will strengthen the seminary's ability to grapple with the spiritual formation of students," said Jim Vondracek, vice president for advancement. "Through the new chair, the seminary will be better able to prepare students to speak authentically and persuasively about their faith and to proclaim Christ’s Gospel."
Paul and Floy Cornelsen are retired and live in St. Louis, Mo. They have been active lay supporters of the seminary and its predecessor, Christ Seminary—Seminex. Barbara Cornelsen, Paul and Floy's daughter-in-law, lives in the Chicago area and serves on a seminary committee to design the new chapel.

THANK YOU From August 18, 2000 through January 11, 2001, the following people invested in the seminary's
mission of preparing pastors and leaders for ministry to serve Christ and build the church.

$1000+
John and Carol R. Albright
The Rev. John R. Albright and
Salome Shettel Albright
Lectureship
Anonymous Donor
Richard C. and Joan Baker
The Seminary Fund
Mabel C. Brelje
Charitable Gift Annuity
Richard A. Carlson
The Seminary Fund
Axel & Gerda Carlson Memorial Endowment Fund
The Carlson Chair in Homiletics
Estate of Donald E. Cassens
Scholarship
Thelma Werner Crane
Scholarship
Kenneth J. and Eloise Dale
Campaign for Worship and
Spiritual Formation
Kenneth H. and Shirley Doolittle
Campaign for Worship and
Spiritual Formation
William and Nancy Duguid, Jr.
The Seminary Fund
Donald R. and Ruth F. Ebinger
Ted and Marion Youngquist
Scholarship
James Kenneth and Donna Skinner Echols
Leadership 21
John H. and Mary L. Freed
Campaign for Worship and
Spiritual Formation
Leon and Ruby Haahr
Leadership 21
Mr. David F. and Virginia L. Hagen
The Seminary Fund
Estate of Emily M. Haines
Scholarship
Grace E. Hansen
The Seminary Fund
Betty E. Hecht
Bishop Harold Hecht
Scholarship
Mr. and Mrs. Eldon C. Heck
The Seminary Fund
Thelma Heine
Harold and Thelma Heine
Scholarship
Kurt K. and Jobey L. Hendel
Leadership 21
The Hildner Foundation
The Seminary Fund
Richard A. Hoefs
The Seminary Fund
Ethel Holm
The Seminary Fund, Augustana
Heritage Endowment Fund
C. Thomas and Jane Kangas
The Seminary Fund
Stephen C. W. and Nancy S. Kaufman
Jerome and Ruth Kaufman
Scholarship
Estate of Louise Kelemen
The Seminary Fund
John S. and Joanne Kendall
Campaign for Worship and
Spiritual Formation
Donald C. and Ruth Kieffer
The Seminary Fund
William A. and Lenore B. Kinnison
Robert Marshall Graduate
Fellowship
Ralph W. and Marilyn Klein
Leadership 21
Kenneth T. Knudsen
Leadership 21
Michael E. and Linda J. Krentz
Bach for the Sem, Leadership 21,
The Seminary Fund
Donald R. and Geraldine Ladendorf
The Seminary Fund
Alvhild Larson
Leadership 21
Melvin L. and Delilah P. Lauer
The Seminary Fund
Dennis C. and Karen K. Licht
Leadership 21
Evelyn A. Lother
The Seminary Fund
Estate of Edna E. Macdonald
Roman Dix Griesemer
Scholarship
Dorothy J. Marple
Robert Marshall Graduate
Fellowship
Martin E. and Harriet Marty
Bishop Harold Hecht
Scholarship
Elaine F. Maxeiner
The Seminary Fund, Campaign
for Worship and Spiritual
Formation
William P. Maxwell
Grace Lutheran Church of
LaGrange Professorial Chair
Harry C. and Genie Mueller
Bishop Harold Hecht
Scholarship
Ernest M. and Janette Muller
Leadership 21
Larry W. Neeb
The Seminary Fund
Gerald W. and Kathleen J. Nelson
Campaign for Worship and
Spiritual Formation
Henry A. and June P. Nordstrand
Campaign for Worship and
Spiritual Formation
Harold E. and Charlene Olsen
Hispanic Ministry
Marilyn R. Olson
Leadership 21
Charles P. and Lora E. Onsgard
Scholarship
Donovan J. and Dorothy Palmquist
Campaign for Worship and
Spiritual Formation
Frederick Pfeiffer Foundation Trust
The Seminary Fund
Arnold O. Pierson
The Seminary Fund
Carolyn Riehl and Peter J. Santogade
The Seminary Fund, Endowment
Clark J. and Ruth K. Rose
The Seminary Fund
Estate of Erna R. Saathoff
The Seminary Fund
Luther W. and Ruth Sappenfield
Campaign for Worship and
Spiritual Formation
Maxine J. Sarvis Living Trust
The Seminary Fund
James A. and Frances E. Scherer
The Seminary Fund, Eleanor and
Arnold Scherer Fund
Lawrence J. and Kathryn B. Sehy
The Seminary Fund
Beth Brandt Sersig and Christopher P. Brandt
Jack L. Sersig Scholarship
Craig A. and Barbara S. Shelton
Leadership 21
Rudolph S. and Ruth Shintay
The Seminary Fund, Campaign
for Worship and Spiritual
Formation
Ethel Shintay
Charitable Gift Annuity
Harold C. and Lois Skillrud
The Seminary Fund, Campaign
for Worship and Spiritual
Formation
Jan P. and Carla S. Skladany
Leadership 21
Dennis B. and Paula A. Smith
Scholarship
Edna S. Sorensen
Clarence and Edna Sorensen
Scholarship
Reuben T. and Darlene Swanson
Robert Marshall Graduate
Fellowship, Campaign for
Worship and Spiritual Formation
Paul R. and Cordelia Swanson
Maywood Seminary Faculty Fund
Wesley R. and Sonja M. Swanson
Leadership 21
Charles A. and Joanne M. Swenson
The Seminary Fund
Harry C. and Marilyn Thiel
The Seminary Fund
Harold A. and Agnes E. Vierk
The Seminary Fund
Francis and Edna W. Wagschal
Robert Marshall Graduate
Fellowship
Robert D. and Beverly Walters
The Seminary Fund
Vicki L. Watkins
Campaign for Worship and
Spiritual Formation
Irene M. Werner
Campaign for Worship and
Spiritual Formation
Edythe M. Willet
The Seminary Fund, Campaign
for Worship and Spiritual
Formation
Mr. and Mrs. L. Milton Woods
Robert Marshall Graduate
Fellowship
Jerry Zamzow
The Seminary Fund

$100 - $999
David G. and Laura Abrahamson
Ross E. and Sandra Aden
Hubert N. G. and Lucille Ahnquist
Kenneth R. Allen
Ruth A. Allin
Edward W. and Dalila Amend
Terrance E. and Mary E.
Anderson
James A. and Ruth L. Anderson
Lowell L. and Eleanor K.
Anderson
Lloyd W. Anderson, Jr.
Delbert E .and Elizabeth J.
Anderson
Arvid E. and Nancy E. Anderson
Wilton H. Anderson
Robert B. and Blanche Anderson
Arthur W. and Betty Anderson
Yoshito and Keiko Anno
Anonymous Donor
Anonymous Guild Donors
A. Burd and Edith Arganbright
Roger V. and Marjorie Asplund
Kenneth and Dorothy M. Baird
Mark P. and Kristi S. Bangert
Walter and Carole Bartusch
Dorothy A. Baumann
Lonnie L. and Amy Bechtel
Nancy B. Beck
Peter T. and Lydia V. Beckman
Kim L. Beckmann and Fredric D.
Kinsey
Carolyn A. Beethe
James N. and Paraskevi BeMiller
Margaret S. Bengtson
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Benson, Jr.
John H. Bentz
Mr. and Mrs. Alton E. Berg
Dean W. and Barbara J. Berg
Donald L. and Mary Berg
David M. and Nancy C. Berg
Ernest A. and Martha M. Bergeson
Charles V. and Lois J. Bergstrom
Kenneth R. and Beverly M.
Bergum
Drell E. and Adeline Bernhardson
Jack W. and LeVerne Berry
Frances J. Best
Kathleen D. Billman and James F.
Galuhn
Mary R. Bischoff
Willard C. and Virginia Blomquist
Charles B. and Gerda A. Blue
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Boden
Paul H. and Carol A. Boerger
Philip A. and Phyllis Borleske
Kenneth F. and Lorraine Born
Victor L. and Irene Brandt
Virginia Bransfield
Muriel N. Brauer
Kenneth H. and Lois G. Breimeier
Daniel K. and Alta I. Breunsbach
Richard J. and Naomi Bruesehoff
Janet M. Buchen
Norman F. and Janet S. Buck
Alva M. and Hiram Bullock
Edward M. and Marilynn
Campbell
James M. and Barbara Capers
Paul D. Carlson
Robert W. Carlson, Jr.
Perry A. Carlson
Esther Carlson
James Leslie Carlson
Robert W. and Phyllis Carlson, Sr.
Edith K. Cebuhar
H. Eugene and Delores
Cedarholm
J. Rolland and Aileen Christenson
Mr. and Mrs. S. Christudhas
Robert W. Clausen
John K. and Ingrid Boyd Clauson
Gary L. and Sandra L. Crippen
Emmett A. and Katherine Cruson
Jill L. Dahlke
Terry L. and Eleanor Daly
Gerald C. and Marguerite Daniels
LeRoy S. and Doris Davidson
Lenore J. Dean
Mary R. Delk
Ruth Ann Deppe
Estate of Wilbert Dieckhoff
F. Roger and Barbara L. Dierberg
Gloria Ebb
Kenneth L. and Virigina Ebb
Violet H. Eckwald
David C. and Cleo Edwins
Alpha E. Ekstrom
Christopher E. and Peggy
Eldredge
Edward D. and Jean Eldredge
Robert H. and Marilyn J. Engen
David L.and Annette M. Engler
Clifford E. and Mary Engman
Richard W. and Myrtle Engstrom
E. Stanley and Calista Enlund
Perry E. and Leslie A. Erhart
Wallace and Rosaline C. Erickson
Willis F. and Virgie Erickson
Paul E. and Josephine Erickson
Richard and Sheri Errickson
Fredrick E. and Anita J. Erson
Robert L. Esbjornson
Janet Fechner-Pelletier and Jeff
Pelletier
Polly Fehlman
Richard B. and Dorothy M.
Feiertag
Joanne S. Fitzgerald
Carl G. and Carolyn Fjellman
Donald C. and Ruth Maclay Flatt
Clifford E. and Pauline B. Fluri
Norman P. and Shirley F. Forde
George W. and Elizabeth Forell
Marie L. Franzen
Richard G. and Sally R. Frazier
Herman and Janice Frerichs, III
Roy and Margaret Fridh
Mae L. Frutchey
Janet E. and Philip R. Frystak
Carolyn Fuerbringer
Wesley J. Fuerst
Timothy J. and Pamela Fuzzey
Barbara S. Gazzolo
Warren L. and Kathryn Geier
Walter G. and Mildred M.
Gengenbach
Judy Gerner
Bernadine M. Gibson
Roger J. and Sally Gieschen
Thomas L. and Winifred Gilbert
Verna C. Gnew
Dorothy J. Golder
Marilyn O. Goll
Dorothy G. Goos
Louise E. Goos
LaVern K. and Maija Grosc
Clifford C. and Debbie
Grosenbacher
Herbert M. and G. Ruth Gross
Nicholas H. and Loretta J. Grosz
J. Eaton and Doris R. Gruettner
Arthur M. and E. Bernice
Gustafson
Alvar W. and Viola Gustafson
Roy N. and Miriam Gustafson
Charles H. and Esther L.
Gustafson
John Arthur and Nola Gustafson
Merlin D. and A. Elvie Gustafson
Ronald L. and Deborah A.
Gustafson
Jon E. and Marsha Habegger
E. Dale and Sue Habegger
Robert G. and Martha R. Haley
Donald M. and Susan Hallberg
Hilton L. and Donna L. Hammer
Carl L. and Betty J. Hansen
Lloyd R. and Donna Forsberg
Hanson
James W. and Helen A. Hanson
Roger M. and Helen R. Harms
John R. and Marcia O. Harty
Ronald K. and Eleanore Hasley
Paul R. and Leona Heckmann
Philip J. and Neva Hefner
Carol J. and Thomas J. Hegland
Thomas J. Heil
Stewart W. and Ethelyn C.
Herman
Robert P. and Susan L. Hetico, Jr.
Cynthia Hileman
Rodney E. and Arlene Hill
Eimo E. Patricia Ann Hinrichs
Callon W. and Laurene L.
Holloway, Jr.
Hubert R. and Susan Holm
Lowell C. Holmgren
Everett V. and Ethel Holt
Kurt J. and Deborah Horberg
Lydia M. Horn
John R. and Margaret B. Horn
John R. and Barbara Horner-Ibler
Lauri J. and Judith Isaacson
Irving H. and Doris K. Isenberg
Herbert W. and Dorothea A.
Isermann
Charles E. and Marilyn M.
Jacobson
Otto W. and Gloria Jacobson, Jr.
William R. and Joann Jensen
Herluf M. and Dorthea M. Jensen
Richard N. and Glenda Jessen
Richard L. and Edna V. Jobman
Paul A. Johns
Arthur N. and Elsa Johnson
Robert L. and Karin Johnson
P.T. Calvin and Audrey E.
Johnson
Douglas J. Johnson
Theodore L. Johnson
Gretchen A. Johnson
Whipp D. Johnson
Rodger C. Johnson
Alice M. Jorgensen
Merilyn Wendt Jove
Richard C. and Leila Judd
Denmore C. and Nancy Kalweit
LaVerne M. Kasmer
Clifford J. and Phoebe D. Kent
Norman W. and Joanne C.
Kettner
Paul F. and Helen A. Kinsey
Lloyd R. and Janet Kittlaus
Dorothy Klefstad
Connie Kleingartner
Alton and Jeanette Klickman
Barbara Klingsick
Charles and Dorothy Klingsick
Robert S. Klonowski and Deborah
Burnet
John W. and Mary F. Kmet
Edith S. Knodel
Sonja Knudsen
Jeffrey D. and Marja Koenitzer
Gerald A. and Karen Kolschowsky
Lloyd G. and Marian Konrad
Wilfred A. and Janet M. Kraegel
Edgar M. and Marion B. Krentz
Donald L. and Marilyn Krueger
Calvin D. and Joan J. Kuder
Donald O. and Patricia E.
Kuether
Walter J. and Edna Kukkonen, Sr.
Randolph R. Kurtz and Linda Lee
Nelson
Severt L. and Mary E. Kvamme
Arnold E. and Carolyn B. Lack
Arno J. and Nancy J. Lafrenz
Donald C. and Jane H. Lamm
Robert V. and Deloris Langseth
Lester K. and Irene Larson
Ross H. and Letty Larson
Leslie J. and Louise Larson
Marvin P. and Ardyth Laursen
Robert R. Lawton
William C. and Judith Lee
Mary E. Lesher
Sandra L. Lignell
Alfred W. and Louise Lindberg, Jr.
David L. Lindberg
H. O. and Roberta Lindeblad
Charles D. and Nancy Lindholm
John V. and Ann Lindholm
Robert E. and Marcene Linstrom
Cedric J. and Marcia Lofdahl
Harold R. and Edith M. Lohr
Robert E. and Patricia L. Long
Carl A. and Eileen Lund
Charles J. and Ilene E. Lundquist
William and Loise Luoma
Roger C. and Fern Mackey
Ronald B. and Marcia MacLennan
Richard L. and Ellen Mai
Loren D. and Rubyann Mai
C. Peter and Diane Maisenbach
Robert E. and Maryalice
Mansbach
Norman H. Martens
Myron A. and Shirley L. Marty
Peter R. and Susan Martyn
Paul T. and Kathleen D. Matson
G. C. and Lois S. Matzner
James R. Maxeiner
Janet S. May
Lawrence J. and Linda May
Sidney M. and Marjorie
McCroskey
James I. and Joyce A. Mehan
John C. Melin
John D. and Mildred Meyer
John W. and Frances Meyer
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Michaelis
Edward J. and Lois Michaels
Kermont B. and Signe Mickelson
Brian J. Middleswarth and
Brenda L. Peconge
John and Muriel A. Mikkelson
Richard B. Miller
Eunice L. Miller
Robert C. Miller
Donald and Shirley Miller
Albert H. Miller
Melvin A. and Linda Miritz
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace W. Mojden
Robert W. and Serena Moore
Norbert R. and Lillian L. Mueller
Robert D. and Phyllis I. Murray
Julia A. Narva
B. H. Neitzel
Patricia Nelson
David T. and Hazel Nelson
William J. and Beverly A. Nelson
Arnold H. Nelson
Randy A. and Joy Nelson
Clara A. Nelson
Merwin W. and Carol P. Nelson
Sigurd J. and Dianne Nelson
John R. and Betty Lou Nelson
Lawrence and Myrtle Nelson
Trust Fund
Arthur E. and Marceline J. Nelson
Donald L. and Patricia G. Nelson
Morris J. and Corrine Niedenthal
Ellen M. Nielsen
Thomas H. and Marie Luise Nisbet
Joanne L. Nordeen
John C. and Kathryn A. North
Esther V. Oberg
David J. Oestreich
Robert L. Oetting
Mildred M. Olsen
George L. and Miriam L. Olson
V. Myrle Olson
Rebecca Ommen
Allen G. and Florence G. Onnink
Paul M. and Loan W.R. Orso
Charles R. and Marie N.
Ostergren
Wilfred A. and Helen M. Pagel
Keith S. and Mary L. Palmquist
Helvi J. Palojarvi
Donald G. Pardonner and Judith
Reningerr
Gary A. and Marlene Park
C. John and Mary Paul
Keith A. and Ruth E. Pearson
Albert and Cheryl Stewart Pero, Jr.
F. Leonard and Carol M. Peterson
Gustof A. and Bessie C. Peterson
Julius L. and Arlene Peterson
Wayne E. Peterson
J. Clemmons Peterson
Leslie C. Peterson
Kenneth L. Peterson
Cheryl Meese Peterson
Mary L. Peterson
James C. and Caroly A. Plymire
Richard I. Preis
Steven and Cynthia Pressly
Gertrude A. Priester
Harvey L. and Ruth Prinz
F. William and Stephanie K. Rahe
Beverly C. Rautenberg
Ida N. Rautenshilds
Duane M. and Mary A. Reetz
Arthur M. and Sharon R. Repta
Marilyn A. Rex
David M. Rhoads and Sandra E.
Roberts
David and Suzanne Richterkessing
Lucille R. Ricketts
Roland G. and Yvonne K.
Riechmann
Robert A. and Lois Rimbo
Donald R. and Dorothea A. Rindt
Ralph L. and Anna Marie Ritzen
Gordon A. and Erma Roesch
Daniel S. and Mary E. Rolik
Mark R. and Janet Roock
David M. Roock
Sara M. Roock
Melvin W. and Marian R. Rossway
Samuel J. and Mary Roth
Claud S. and Clara S. Rupert
John E. and Joan Ruppenthal
Peter E. and Deborah Rupprecht
Stephen D. and Kathleen
Samuelson
Harry Schaaf
Howard H. and Doris Schaar
James H. Schaefer
Robert P. Scharlemann
Muriel Lippert and Paul A. Schauer
Robert C. and Grace Schmeelcke
H. Harold and Melita G. Schmidt
Harold E. and Ruth Schmidt
Jack F. and Vivian E. Schmidt
James E. and Vicki L. Schmidt
Robert F. and Bernice Schneider
Floyd M. and Betty R. Schoenhals
Titus R. and Charlotte Scholl
Christine A. and Edward M.
Schrey
Edward H. and Marie Schroeder
Paul W. and Constance Schubert
Kristin M. Schultz
John E. and Mary Ellen Schulze, Jr.
John E. and Judy MacPherson
Schumacher
Wilma Schuppan
John E. and Doris Schwamb
Ione Seastrand
Fredric A. Seefeldt
Gerda M. Sersland
Robert L. and Bonne Shaner
Grace A. Shaner
W. Stevens and Linda Shipman, Jr.
Paul N. and Katherine J. Sholtz
John H. and Mary Lou Siefken, Jr.
Lawrence C. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Smith
Kenneth L. and Lois Stangeland
Cynthia Stengel
Wm. G. Stern
Hazel B. Steward
Harley R. and Florence Stiger
Ralph F. and Amy Strand
Burton D. and Beverly Strand
Verner E. and Marlys Strand
Mr. Donald C. and Doris Sundell
Lawrence A. and Marjorie Sundell
Dr. and Mrs. Ernest O. Svenson
James and Minnie M. Svenson
Byron R. and Kathryn Swanson
Arvid T. and Avis Jae Swanson, Jr.
J. Gordon and Anne Swanson
Russell E. and Donna Swanson
Stephen H. and Maureen A.
Swanson
William H. and Frances Swarbrick
Robert T. and Martha R. Tedrowe
Hans and Sigrid Teich
Charles A. and Audrey Telle, Jr.
Dennis L. and Susan Templar
Arnold V. and Barbara A. Thoren, Jr.
Arnold L. and Elizabeth Tiemeyer John H. and Ernestine Tietjen
Elaine L. Torgeson
Robert and Virginia Trendel, Jr.
Jack E. and Donna Trethewey
Robert A. and Lucy S. Urish
John C. and Carol Vanatta
Dorothy Van Loo
Mark Van Scharrel
Harry V. and Marion Victorson
David L. Vikner
Carl G. and Barbara Alm Vinson, Jr.
Clinton and Mildred Von Seggern
Elaine P. Wagner Living Trust
Philip and Rachel Wahlberg, Jr.
Elva N. Wahlstrom
Robert G. and Cecelia Walker
Norma Warmie
Armin G. Weng and K. A. Krewer
Dorothy I. Westerback
Edwin J. Westermann
Vitor Westhelle
Andrew M. and Lois Weyermann
Greta M. Wilkins
L. H. and Lois Williams, Jr.
Herman and Marian Wissenberg
Marian M. Wolf
Wallace J. and Ruth V. Wolff
Richard A. and Margot Woolard
Marcelle Wysocki
David C. Yagow
Gary R. and Sandra Yakes
Stanley E. and Maryan G. Yoder
Howard A. and Effie Youngblom
Paul M. and Nancy Youngdahl
Stephen M. and Phyllis Youngdahl
Peter A. and Esther B. Zadeik, Jr.
William J. and Marilyn J. Ziegele

The seminary thanks the many donors who gave gifts of $1-99. Their support is deeply appreciated and is critical to preparing the next generation of leaders for the church. Due to cost constraints it is not possible to list all of these saints of the church but the seminary extends its gratitude to them as well as a prayer of thanksgiving for their generosity.
Every effort is made to assure the accuracy of this list. If you notice an error, please contact the seminary’s advancement office at 773-256-0710 or bgibson@lstc.edu.