David Carlson ‘68 was the ideal candidate to be recruited to CLC since he was Lutheran through and through. His parents had met at Uppsala College in New Jersey and married soon after graduation. Their older son Paul followed their example and became a Lutheran...

Holidays are especially difficult for those whose memories of that time are associated with a painful loss. On November 26, 1999—the day after Thanksgiving—the Rev. Dr. Howard E. “Howie” Wennes and his wife Mary lost their son David to depression and addiction at the...

Dean Soiland ’81 was fortunate to have good role models in his life. And he was a good observer. Those who are familiar with the CLU campus will immediately recognize the Soiland name because it graces so many buildings and appears so frequently in the University’s...

The Debate Scholarship serves to enhance the academic profile of Cal Lutheran. and encourage politically active students to take part in diversifying the campus. Inspiring young adults to pursue knowledge in current events and respectful argumentation, the debate...

No one knows just what caused Debbie Chacon to pull out in her red Datsun onto Balcom Canyon Road in front of a semi tractor pulling a dump trailer on that bright sunny day in September 1987. And no one will ever know. Perhaps the sunshine blinded her from seeing how...

Delbert L. Johnson was known simply as “Del” to his many friends and colleagues. He was also known to be a man of amazing talent and boundless energy. By profession he was an accomplished electronics design engineer who worked at ITT Laboratories in Indiana and...

In her years as an Associate in Ministry, God provided Della many opportunities to serve. Her scholarship makes it possible for others to experience the same joy in serving the church and God’s people by supporting students majoring in youth and family ministry.

Frank and Lucille Miley learned just how significant their friends and family were when they lost their young daughter Denise in 1986. It was through their thoughtfulness and generosity, coupled with some creative financing, that the Mileys were able to establish an...

Much can be learned, or at least inferred, about someone’s priorities in life from the way they handle the final distribution of their earthly goods. That can certainly be said about Mildred Muller, who passed away in 1980, leaving a bequest to CLC that created this...

It is always important to show hospitality to strangers, because you never know when they may turn out to be angels in disguise. This certainly proved to be the case when Mr. Charles M. Anderson, president of the Anderson Foundation in Seattle dropped into CLU’s...

Dr. Curtis “Curt” Nelson spent only 10 years on the faculty of CLC (1965-1975), but he definitely made his mark during that time. He served as chair of the department of biological sciences following the early death of his predecessor, Dr. A. Weir Bell. Dr. Nelson...

This scholarship came into being in a way that was rather unique. Dr. Gaylerd Falde, long-time bishop of the South Pacific District of the American Lutheran Church and a close friend of Cal Lutheran, passed away in August 1989. Fortuitously, his colleague and friend...

Health and medicine were part and parcel of the Wipf family’s lifestyle. Harvey, son of a Swiss-German druggist from North Dakota, attended dental school in California while serving in the U.S. Air Force. His Norwegian-American wife Bernice was born in Iowa and...

In recognition of Dr. Kallas’ many years of service at California Lutheran University, and his commitment to furthering Christian education, the Dr. James Kallas Scholarship for Christian Leadership has been established to benefit an undergraduate student (or...

Dr. John Tomec loved sports, and he loved being around students. His connection with CLC’s athletic program began in 1968 when he agreed to handle some of the sports injuries that the school physician, Dr. Akland, was not equipped to handle. Since Dr. Tomec was an...

Ron Klassen established this scholarship in memory of his wife who taught in the Cal Lutheran Computer Science Department for many years. This scholarship supports students majoring in computer science or chemistry.

Many people like to leave memorial scholarships as a tribute to their parents. For most, it is a way of preserving the family name and a way of recognizing their parents’ unique contributions to society. That was true for Charles and David Bowman, sons of Earl and...

Richard Abbott, TC ‘82, MS ‘84, ‘87 is a graduate alumnus of the Graduate School of Education (GSOE) and is a retired educator of the Ventura Unified School District. The scholarship was established in loving memory of his wife, Edit (1929-2000) and dear girlfriend...

In 1993, when John Peters received a generous inheritance from his parents, Edna and Carl Peters, he knew exactly what he wanted to do. He wanted to honor them and their lifelong dedication to the Lutheran faith by creating a scholarship in their names “to provide...

To say that Dr. Ee-Chuan Khoo was a learned man is a true, but a vast understatement. He was a perpetual student and a passionate professional, always seeking ways to learn how he might make life better for his patients. Dr. Khoo was born in Singapore and came to the...

The life of Elda Ione Leslie was one of loving and tireless service to her family, her church and her profession as a social worker. Elda was born in Brookings, South Dakota, and grew up on the family farm just outside of town. As a young adult, she left to go to...

Eldred C. Dodson was not a familiar name on the CLU campus in 1992, but California Lutheran University was a familiar name to her, even though she lived up near Sacramento, in the community of Fair Oaks. Given her knowledge of CLU, when she met with her attorney to...

A book based on the facts of Elizabeth Thompson’s life would never sell—simply because it would be considered too strange to be believed. Born in 1896, Elizabeth lived to be 101 years old. She packed in that century enough experiences for 20 people, but those...

Suppose you are a couple of modest means, living in Oxnard, and you have two sons who both want to go to California Lutheran University. You agree that it will help your financial load if they commute to campus rather than live on campus. The boys are both good...

Erling and Margaret (Marge) Wold were a part of CLC from its very inception. The signature of the Rev. Erling Wold, one of CLC’s Founding Fathers, is preserved for posterity on the 1957 document that brought California Lutheran Educational Foundation (the ...

The names of Ernest and Edna Newhouse are forever remembered as two of the stewards who made possible the existence and the growth of CLU. Married for 62 years with no children, they shared their lives, their faith and their happiness with countless friends...

How often do you find two brothers whose love for each other is strong enough to make them lifetime business partners? To what do you attribute that kind of loyalty and success? Perhaps it’s the upbringing they have had from their parents. That is the likely...

Ernest (Ernie) Alne was a product of the Great Depression. He grew up in a family of strong Lutherans, in an environment where hard work was an everyday expectation. Ernie struggled to achieve a good education and earned his accounting degree from the University of...

Alumni have more clout than they realize, especially when it comes to making possibilities become realities. That’s what happened with the creation of the Ernst & Young Accounting Scholarship. When staff at CLU first contacted Ernst & Ernst in 1978 about the...

As C.S. Lewis once wrote, “Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods.” By that measure, Walter Beran was rich indeed. Walter was also one of CLU’s most thoughtful friends, a friend on which he bestowed not only friendship but worldly goods. This endowed scholarship...