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Melvin J. Miller was born May 19, 1919. He served in the United States Army Air force from 1943 to 1946 during World War II. In 1950, Miller married his wife Anne and in 1953, they moved from North Dakota to Minnesota. The Millers had six sons and seven daughters. Melvin Miller was active in various committees: Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Knights of Columbus, and Farmers Union. Miller was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1972 to 1974. He was elected to serve a second term, from 1974 to 1976. At age 55, only days after election to his second term, Miller died from a heart attack on November 15, 1974.

James Pehler was born on February 23, 1942 and is a graduate of St. Cloud State College (B.S. and M.A.). He was elected to the Minnesota State Legislature from 1973-1990. He served as a Representative from District 17B from 1973-1980 and served as Senator for District 17 from 1981-1990. Pehler also served on the faculty at St. Cloud State University as coordinator of television services. Although concerned with all areas of legislature, he was part of various committees concerned with: crime prevention and corrections, city government, education, labor-management relations, and taxes. He lived in the St. Cloud, Minnesota, area.

Hjalmar Petersen, former Minnesta governor, Minnesota lieutenant-governor, Minnesota state Representative, Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner, and Publisher, was born in Denmark, January 2, 1890. The family came to Chicago in 1891, then moved to Tyler, Minnesota. There at the age of 14, Hjalmar started his career in the newspaper and publishing business. He was employed in several places, including: Milwaukee and Wisconsin (where he was married in August 1914). That same year the Petersens moved to Askov, Minnesota, and that September Hjalmar started publishing his own newspaper, the Askov American, which he was to own and publish for the next fifty years.

Five children were born to the Petersens, four dying in infancy. His first wife died in 1930, just a few months before he was elected Minnesota state representative for the 56th district. He was re-elected in 1932. On June 28, 1934, Hjalmar married Medora B. Grandprey at Owatonna. They had one daughter. In 1934 he was elected lieutenant-governor, and at the death of Governor Floyd B. 0lson in 1936, Hjalmar Petersen became the 23rd governor of the state of Minnesota.

As chairman of the House Tax Committee in 1933, he was instrumental in drawing up Minnesota’s first income tax law, the funds dedicated to education. While serving as governor, he called a special session to enact the unemployment insurance law. In 1938 Hjalmar Petersen was elected to the Railroad and Warehouse Commission where he served until 1943. He was elected again to the Railroad and Warehouse Commission on the DFL ticket in 1954 and 1960. His term ended in 1966 and he then retired from public life.

He and Mrs. Petersen were returning from a vacation trip when he was stricken with a heart attack and died at the home of friends in Columbus, Ohio on March 29, 1968, at the age of 78. Surviving him were his wife, two daughters, and five grandchildren.

Retired SCSU faculty member

Glen Sherwood was born May 7, 1934, in Tracy, Minnesota. He was married to Joann in 1955, they had two sons. He attended the University of North Dakota, where he received a Bachelor of Philosophy in History and Natural Science in 1956. He then attended Utah State University in 1959, where he received a Master of Science, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Wildlife Biology in 1966.

Glen Sherwood was an outdoor writer, realtor, lay preacher, and a Representative of District 4B. He worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from 1962-1970. He was a member of the Audubon Society, Wildlife Society, and Wilderness Society. He has received the American Motor Conservation Award in 1970 and the North Dakota Conservationist of the Year in 1969.

As a representative, he was a three-term DFLer from 1972-1976. In 1978, he switched to the Independent-Republican Party. Sherwood served as a representative from 1973-1982.  He has served on various committees: Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Education, Environment and Natural Resources, Agriculture, Government Operations, and Transportation. Later, he ran unsuccessfully for the Independent Republican Party endorsement for the gubernatorial nomination in 1982.

St. Cloud State faculty member

Claudia Meier Volk was a Minnesota House Representative of District 18A for the years 1975-1976. She was a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL). She lived in Rice, Minnesota until she married, thus the change in name from Claudia Meier to Claudia Meier Volk. She moved to Ray, North Dakota with her husband Martin Volk. She resigned from her political office sometime in 1976.

While serving as a legislator, she served on the Agriculture, Health and Welfare, and Judiciary Committees. She showed interest in issues concerning school aid, family planning, and equal rights.

She was born in North Dakota in 1948 and later moved to Minnesota. She graduated from Osseo High School, attended the College of St. Scholastica, and graduated from the University of Minnesota with a B.S. in Nursing. She then became a registered nurse and became politically involved. Some of the positions she held include: Benton Co. Chairperson, Vice-President Little Rock Lake Improvement Association, member of Rice Sportsman's Club, and a member of the Minnesota Nurses Association.

Reverend David Litchard Kiehle was born on February 7, 1837, in Dansville, New York. Kiehle spent much his early life and education in New York. Here he graduated from the Albany State Normal School in 1856, He later graduated from Hamilton University in 1864 and the Union Theological Seminary in 1865. At the end of his studies, Kiehle relocated to Minnesota where he served as a pastor in Preston. He married Mary Gilman on July 16, 1863, raised they four children together: Ada, Louise, Frederick, and Florence.

Following Kiehle’s relocation to Minnesota, he began an active role in reforming the state’s educational system. Between 1869 and 1902, Kiehle served in a variety of roles as an educator, including the county superintendent of schools in Fillmore County, St. Cloud State’s second president (1875-1881), Minnesota state superintendent of public instruction, and as the Professor of Pedagogy at the University of Minnesota, among other positions. In each of these positions, he introduced reforms to existing educational systems, including developing summer training schools for elementary teachers, spearheading the establishment of the University of Minnesota’s School of Agriculture at Crookston, and providing the first graduate-level education for teachers in Minnesota. Likewise, Kiehle also wrote extensively and published several pieces of scholarly literature concerning public education, perhaps most notably including his book History of Education in Minnesota (1903).

Kiehle passed away in Portland, Oregon on April 5, 1918, at the age of 81 and buried in River View Cemetery there.

In honor of his work in Minnesota, St. Cloud State named its (now former) library after Kiehle in 1952. On today’s University of Minnesota – Crookston campus, the Kiehle Building serves as home to many campus units.

Tiffany was an Archives student assistant in 2008-2009.

Pinnault was a local architect and had attended St. Cloud State University in the early 1900s.

Birk conceived of a summary history of the town of Little Falls in the late 1980s, prompted by a survey project for Minnesota Power and a long-standing desire to increase community support for the preservation of the LEHP. Birk produced many drafts of this work from 1991 to 1999, titled variously "In the Heart of the City," "Through the Heart of the City," and "A Most Remarkable Rapids," with the consistent subtitle "A History of the Mississippi River at the Little Elk Heritage Preserve and Little Falls." Distribution of this manuscript in its various versions appears to have been limited.

St. Cloud State University began producing plays as early as 1956; however, a drama department does not appear in the directories until the 1966/67 school year, where it is listed as Speech and Dramatic Art.

The department was part of Speech Communication, splitting off as the Department of Theatre in 1969.

Below are listed the years, name of department, and chairs, all taken from the campus directory.

1969-71: Theatre, Keith Michael

1971-72: Theatre, Dale Swanson

1972-73: Theatre, Walter Eysselinck

1973-76: Theatre, Dale Swanson

1976-82: Theatre, Ronald Perrier

1982-88: Theatre, Dale Swanson

1988-91: Theatre, Dick Cermele

1991-94: Theatre, Lin Holder

1994-97: Theatre, Brad Chisholm

1997-98: Theatre and Film Studies, Brenda Wentworth

1998-99: Theatre and Film Studies, Andrew Vorder Brugge

1999-02: Theatre, Film Studies, and Dance, Andrew Vorder Brugge

2002-06: Theatre, Film Studies, and Dance, R. Bruce Hyde

2006-08: Theatre, Film Studies, and Dance, Eva Honegger

2008-11: Theatre, Film Studies, and Dance, Jeffrey Bleam

The office of Sports Information was established in 1965. Its purpose is to publicize St. Cloud State intercollegiate athletics, creating schedules, press releases, media guides, and other promotional material for each sport.

Those who have served as head of this office are:

1965-1975: Bob Peterson

1975-1976: William Lynch (acting)

1976-1978: William Lynch

1978-1979: Robert Olson (acting)

1979-1982: Robert Olson

1982-1983: Michael Schroeder (acting)

1983-1984: Michael Schroeder

1984-1985: Anne Abicht (acting)

1985-2015: Anne Abicht

2015-2021: Tom Nelson

2021-2022+: Andrew Melroe

The unit was renamed Athletic Media Relations from Sports Information in ca. 1996.

Theatre L'Homme Dieu was founded in 1961 as a joint project between the city of Alexandria, Minnesota and representatives of St. Cloud State University. Members of these two communities created the Performing Arts Foundation. The goal of the foundation was to stage open-air performances by students and directors of St. Cloud State University (along with actors and actresses from outside of the college) in Alexandria, a town in Minnesota's lake country with ample tourism in the summer. The first performance at Theatre L'Homme Dieu was "See How They Run" on June 27, 1961. Budget problems caused St. Cloud State University to terminate their support for the theatre in 1985.

The presidents of the Performing Arts Foundation were either faculty or administrators at St. Cloud State University. The position was held by:

George Budd, 1961-1965

Robert H. Wick, 1966-1971

Charles J. Graham, 1972-1981

Brendan J. McDonald, 1982-1983

Harvey Paul Jurik, 1984

Brendan J. McDonald, 1985-1986

Don Sikkink, 1987-1989

Ralph Tillitt, 1990-1993

Claudia Bursch, 1993-1998

The St. Cloud State Alumni Association was established on April 28, 1881. That year there were two hundred and six graduates of St. Cloud College who were eligible to join the association. The Alumni Association has dedicated itself to keeping graduates of the school connected with their alma mater and also on raising funds for resources and items such as scholarships and memorials.

The alumni association was established on April 28, 1881, where Professor Thomas Gray was elected president. Others elected at that time include:

Vice President : Flora M. Truman

Corresponding Secretary: Mary L. Upham

Recording Secretary: W.H. Alden

Records are sparse from the early period of the Association’s history but continue to grow in size as the years progress.

On March 26, 1932, the Alumni Association was incorporated in the state of Minnesota. The bylaws called for the association to be run and managed by a Board of Directors. Board members were to be elected for terms of office.

In 1965, an alumni executive director was hired to help plan and expedite events and services offered through the Alumni Association. Though its not clear how this position related to the director of alumni relations position, its likely it was the same person doing two different but related jobs.

In the 1966 Handbook for Chapter Coordinators, it states that the general purposes of the Alumni Association are:

• To promote the objectives of St. Cloud State College through the establishment and maintenance of contact between the college, its graduates and its students.

• To promote effective interest in and loyalty to St. Cloud State College on the part of its alumni and the public in general.

• To foster and encourage good scholarship and to offer awards and appropriate means of recognition for excellence in all forms of educational endeavors of various kinds contributing to the welfare of St. Cloud State College.

The specific purposes of the Alumni Chapters and Coordinators are:

• To be a communication link between the Alumni Association and the graduates.

• To sponsor annual alumni reunions.

• To assist the Alumni Office in the updating of alumni records.

• To serve in the advisory capacity to the Alumni Board of Directors.

• To identify potential leadership among Alumni Association members.

• To assist in the growth of the Alumni Association program.

In 1963, the association began presenting the Distinguished Alumni Awards to former outstanding students. The awards were (and still are) made during the annual Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner on Homecoming weekend.

Also taking place during Homecoming is the annual meeting of the Alumni Association. The membership is given the financial statement of the Association and program reports are given by both the Alumni Director and Alumni President. Every two years, Association officers are elected at the annual meeting.

St. Cloud State University procured the house that is now known as the Alumni House on November 17, 1972. The house was designed by a local architect named Louis Pinault and built in 1924 by Hubert Hansen. The house was built for Dr. Claude Lewis, who was a prominent surgeon and was also the brother of famous author Sinclair Lewis. After the death of Dr. Lewis, his second wife sold the house to L. Ferne Atwood in 1964. The state then purchased the Lewis-Atwood home due to the accelerating growth of the university grounds.

A notable event that was presented by the Alumni Association was the 125th Anniversary of St. Cloud State University. The official kick-off took place on September 10, 1994 at the Capitol grounds in St. Paul. The festivities included a relay-style event called “Journey to St. Cloud” which featured various modes of transportation from the steps of the Capitol to the campus in St. Cloud. According to Bob Dinndorf, SCSU Alumni Association Executive Director, “We want the transportation in the journey to mark progression from historical to modern. The journey will take place along Highway 10. We would like to feature special events in the communities along Highway 10.” (Letter, dated April 19, 1994)

As part of the Department of Economics, the Center for Economic Education was established in 1964 to assist K-12 teachers by providing high-quality curriculum materials and workshops. As of 2023, the Center still exists.

In February 1963, the Department of Business Education and Office Administration orgainzed and hosted the Winter Institute. In 1968, the Center for Economic Education was responsible for planning and hosting the Winter Institute.

The Winter Institute was last held in February 2020.

Courses in English composition and literature have been taught at St. Cloud State since its founding as the Third State Normal School in 1869, forming a core part of the early curriculum, and have grown into an active department within the College of Liberal Arts.

Chairpersons:

Howard H. Russell: 1967-1972

James K. Gottshall: 1972-1987

Michael Connaughton: 1987-1988

Marcia Summers: 1988-1989 (interim)

Richard Dillman: 1989-1995

Robert Inkster: 1995-1999

Suellen Rundquist: 1999-2004

Robert Inkster: 2004-2008

Raymond Philipott: 2008-2011

Robert Inkster: 2011-2012 (interim)

Richard Dillman:2012-2013 (interim)

Glenn Davis: 2013-2015

?: 2015-2018

Judith Dorn and Judith Kilborn: 2018-2019 (co-chairs)

The St. Cloud Museum of Man was incorporated in 1973 as a non-profit corporation under the laws of the State of Minnesota. Although the museum was located on the campus of St. Cloud State University, the museum was legally and financially separate from the school. The Articles of Incorporation stated that the purpose of the museum was for scientific, educational, and archival purposes, including study, research, teaching, instruction, and the preservation of all aspects of culture.

The name of the museum was changed from the St. Cloud Museum of Man to the Evelyn Payne Hatcher Museum of Anthropology in 1979.

Evelyn Payne Hatcher was one of the founders of the museum. According to her obituary, her parents were renowned early 20th century painters whose impressionistic works focused on tribal people, culture, symbols, and landscapes of the American West and Southwest. Hatcher made it her mission to make sure that their legacy lived on.

The museum worked closely with the anthropology department on campus. Many students did volunteer work, helping set up exhibits and accessioning and deaccessioning artifacts. Many of the museum's exhibits and lectures focused on Native American and Asian cultures.

The dissolution of the Evelyn Payne Hatcher Museum of Anthropology occurred in 1996.

Kaleidoscope presents poetry, essays, short stories, and photographs which have a multicultural theme and are created by students, faculty, and staff at St. Cloud State University.

The first issue of Kaleidoscope was published in 1990. In the staff notes of the first issue it states:

The staff of the Write Place is pleased to present Kaleidoscope, a collection of student essays, short stories, and poems which highlight and celebrate multicultural experiences. Writing included in this collection has been authored by undergraduate and graduate students from African-American, African, American Indian, Palestinian Arab, Japanese, Chinese, South Korean, and rural Minnesota cultures. We hope that reading these student contributions will foster communication among cultural groups within the university, help students to understand their own experiences and those of others, and enrich all of our experiences. We also hope that faculty will share this collection with their students in the classroom.

The website has many past issues available, beginning with Volume 1 from 1990, up to Volume 8 from the 1997-1998. The magazine first appeared online in 1996. All issues will eventually be available both online and in print format.

Listed are year, editor, then faculty advisor:

1990; Vol. 1; Janice Anderson, Laurie Bertamus, Brenda Frye, Heidi Slettedahl; Dr. Judith Kilborn

Spring 1991, Vol. 2; Ron L. Heck and Lisa J. Helmin; Dr. Judith Kilborn

Spring 1992, Vol. 3; Dr. Judith Kilborn, Dr. Steve Klepetar, and Robert Gardner ;Dr. Judith Kilborn

Spring 1993, Vol. 4; Michelle Bender, Robert Gardner, Dr. Judith Kilborn, Dr. Steve Klepetar, Dr. Rex Veeder; Dr. Judith Kilborn

Spring 1994, Vol. 5; Sam Anderson-McCoy, Libbie Brunsvold, Angela Henderson, etc.; Dr. Judith Kilborn

1995, Vol. 6; Bob Inkster, Judith Kilborn, Kelly A. Larson, and Rex Veeder; Rex Veeder

1996, Vol. 7; Heidi Gomez, Jessica Lourey, Judith M. Kilborn; Dr. Judith M. Kilborn

2006; Petra Neumueller; Dr. Carol Mohrbacher

2009; Nick Seifert; Dr. Carol Mohrbacher

The Library Tri-D Club was an organization of all the members of the library staff. Tri-D stands for "Dewey Decimal Doers." The object of the club was to further the interests of the library, to establish a closer relationship between staff members, and to learn all they could about school librarians and books.

Atwood Memorial Center opened in the fall of 1966 as the social hub for St. Cloud State students as well as serving the campus community. Atwood has gone under many physical and administrative changes since 1966, but the mission remains the same - serve the student.

As St. Cloud State grew into a university, especially after World War II and the coming of age of the early Baby Boomer, calls for a student union increased. After a 1956 study authored by St. Cloud State regarding a campus student union, the process began to make it a reality. By 1961, efforts were underway to create a "living room for campus", including a student survey. In that survey, 80% of student polled were willing to be assessed a fees to support a student union.

Fundraising commenced to support the construction of a $1.5 million student union with students, friends and alumni, and the state to each pay a third of the cost. Ultimately, the state refused to pay for their third and unclear how the funds were raised.

Named for the Atwood family due to their financial support for the construction, and the fact that they building stood on the spot where their family home sat, Atwood opened its doors in September 1964. Over the next 40 years, the building expanded its physical footprint (1972, 1992, 2004) and remodeled countless times to support the changing tastes and needs of St. Cloud State students thus still being the "living Room for campus."

Atwood Memorial Center Directors:

Roger Wehrle: 6/1966-4/1971

Warren Reinecke: 7/1971-6/1972

Pat Krueger: 6/1972-6/1973 (acting)

Gary Bartlett: 7/1973-12/1981

Michael Hayman: 1/1982-6/1982 (acting)

Joseph Basil: 7/1982-7/1986

Joe Opatz: 8/1986-2/1995

Karla Myres: 1/1993-5/1993 (acting)

Margaret Vos: 2/1995-4/1998 (interim)

Margaret Vos: 4/1998-6/2013

Ed Bouffard: 7/2001-6/2002, 7/2006-6/2008 (interim)

Jessica Ostman: 7/2013-4/2014 (interim)

Anne Buttke: 4/2014-12/2014

Matt Trombley: 1/2014-10/2016 (interim)

Mitch Karstens: 11/2016-7/2018

Jessica Ostman: 9/2018-1/2020 (interim)

Clare Rahm: 1/2020-1/2021 (interim)

Matt Trombley: 1/2021+

The Senior Model Debating Society was formed by members of the Senior Model School in January 1898. The purpose of the Senior Model Debating Society was the mutual improvement of its members through debate. Some of the debates were, "Women are more successful as teachers than men," "The habit of tardiness at school is more injurous to the character of a student than that of absence," and, "Manufacturing is more beneficial to a country than agriculture." The last record of the society is from March 23, 1900.

The Waverly Literary Society was organized in 1912. They received their name from Sir Walter Scott's "Waverly Novels" and originally began studying these novels. The society also studied poems, mythology, short stories, and opera. Over the years, the society evolved into providing social activities for women. The last mention is from the January 31, 1947 issue of the Chronicle that notes the Waverly Literary Society had disbanded.

The purpose of the Young Women's Christian Association was to develop Christian character especially through study of the Bible. Additionally, the association conducted active Christian work to extend the Kingdom of God throughout the world. The first record of the YWCA at St. Cloud State was in 1887 and believed the club existed until sometime in the mid-1950s.

The Minnesota Chair in Real Estate was originally established in 1981, serving as the only four-year real estate program offered at a public university within Minnesota at its inception. Its creation was sponsored and funded by a variety of benefactors, including the Minnesota Department of Commerce, St. Cloud State University, and private donations from prominent businessmen throughout the St. Cloud area and greater Minnesota. The Minnesota Chair in Real Estate program offered enrolled students the opportunity to acquire a Bachelor of Science degree in Real Estate, a Master of Business Administration degree, and also enabled its students to work directly with various private businesses and governmental agencies as part of its Real Estate Research Center initiative. The program has had four heads over the course of its existence, including George Karvel (1981-1996), Steven Mooney (1996-2019), Kelly Jameson (2020-2022), and Seongsu David Kim (July 2023-present).

The Epsilon Theta Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa was established at St. Cloud State in February 1961. Phi Delta Kappa is an international professional honorary society to support teachers and school leaders in the teaching profession. The chapter was, per se, not a student organization but for teachers already employed in the profession in central Minnesota. It is unknown whether or not the chapter is still active.

Another chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, Beta Mu, existed before the Epsilon Theta chapter. The earliest mention of this chapter was in the January 13, 1953 issue of the Chronicle.

The Alpha Omicron chapter of the honorary business education fraternity Pi Omega Pi was established at St. Cloud State University on December 19, 1939. The chapter has been inactive since 1993. [See the records of the Center for Student Organizations and Leadership Development. Pi Omega Pi]

These records are from the Travel and Tourism Club, which is now defunct. The program was discontinued in 2024.

SCSU class of 1967

Emeritus SCSU faculty member.

Freeman was the son of Claude Lewis, who was the older brother of author Sinclair Lewis.

Judy was the wife of Freeman Lewis, son of Claude Lewis. Claude was the older brother of author Sinclair Lewis.