General William Carey Brown was born at Traverse des Sioux in 1854. He was graduated from West Point in 1877. Following many years of service, including duty in the Philippine Islands and Mexico, he retired as a Brigadier General. Brown earned many medals, including the Distinguished Service Medal.
Senior class of 1939 at North Central Bible Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Students (Top row, left to right): Harvey Anderson, Erma Black, Lela Brown, Nola Brown, Donald Brubaker, Ruth Buck, Lorraine Carlblom, Naomi Chapman, Violet Chenney, Milo Cole, Lorraine Cook, Alice Corbett, Elizabeth Coxe. (Second row, left to right): Alice Crump, Iva Demmer, Ethel Demmer, Lillian Detjeng, Harold Dubbels, Agnes Dumke, George Erickson, Harvey Flaherty. (Third row, left to right): Lucille Gillingham, Viola Haarstad, Loretta Halstad, Victor Hillestad, Thomas Hollingsworth, Clarence Johnson. (Fourth row, left to right): Melvin Jorgenson, Edna Kiemele, Orrin Kingsriter, Carl Klapel, Opal Krueger, Melvin Larson. (Fifth row, left to right): William Leek, Norine Lewis, Willis Long, Inez Magnuson, Ethel Martin, Vernon Mathon, Alice McKinniss, Dorothy Morris. (Sixth row, left to right): Alfred Nelson, Frank Nordby, Stella Palanuk, Raeburn Peterson, Virgil Peterson, Florence Rector, Clayton Scharnberg, Ida Schwilk, Martha Siewart, Florence Turner, Jonathan Wahl, Marian Williams, Delbert Woodard, Dale Zink. Faculty (Beginning top row, left to right): Ivan O. Miller (Dean), F. J. Lindquist (President), Anna Froland (Dean of Women), C. M. Ward, Russell H. Olson, Emil A. Balliet, W. H. Boyles, Frances Axtell, Wilson A. Katter. North Central Bible Institute (NCBI) was founded in 1930. In 1938, North Central Business College (NCBC) was created and added to the school's title. NCBC was dropped in 1945, and, in 1946, NCBI became NCBI&TS when a Theological Seminary (TS) was added. The seminary remained until 1949. North Central Bible Institute was renamed North Central Bible College in 1957. The most recent name change was in 1998, when North Central Bible College became North Central University.
Students in 1961 at North Central Bible Institute in Minneapolis Minnesota. Staff (Beginning top row, left to right): Philip Gustafson, Fred Halquist (Building Manager), Arnold Swanson (Maintenance), Frank Leroy (First Engineer), Unidentified, Betty Hintz (Cafeteria), Ethel Hague (Cafeteria), Arline Swanson (Assistant Matron and Housekeeper), Estella Burkhart (Librarian), Virginia Peterson (Bookkeeper). Faculty (Left to right): Reverend Wilson A. Katter, Ione Soltau (Dean of Women, Instructor in Religious Education and Psychology), Frank J. Lindquist (Instructor in Doctrine I, Doctrine II, and Parliamentary Law, Founder), G. Raymond Carlson (Instructor in Pastoral Theology, President), Ivan O. Miller (Instructor in Introduction to Prophecy), T. J. Jones (Instructor in Old Testament, Acts, and Prophecy), Reverend M. C. Nelson (Dean of Men, Instructor in Bible, Speech, and Religious Education), John Phillipps (Instructor in Greek, Psychology, Literature, Philosophy, Romans), Arvid Kingsriter (Instructor in New Testament, Thessalonians, and Corinthians), Amos Levang (Instructor in History of Religious Education and Pedagogy), Alyce Phillipps (Instructor in First Aid), L. B. Larsen (Instructor in Conducting, Music History), Orill Krans (Instructor in Polemics, Music Appreciation, Band, and Choralettes), Leland Shultz (Instructor in Religious Education), Ray Levang (Instructor in English, Church History, Ancient History and Science). Seniors (Left to right): Lorenzo Cutsforth, David Fincher, Barbara Gilbert, Thurman Green, Esther Hansen, John Holmquist, Esther Hultquist, Melvin Johnson, Jim King, Sally Lake, Elaine Lewis, Leroy Lewis, Sylvia Loukinen, Lowell Lundstrom, Franklin McDuffie, Larry Malcolm, Edward Messinger, Fred Orr, Neal Paulson, James Ralson, Frank Stegeman. Junior Graduate (left to right): Elaine Cutsforth, Nancy Bent, Inez Bork, Estel Clark, Bonnie Fischer, Gordon Fraser, Gayle Turner, Bonita Jones, Richard McWatters, Darrel Osborn, Florence Simmons, Audrey Storms, Ray Storms, Howard Stenerson, Raymond Bey, Douglas Bjerke, Daniel Bowman, Robert Bruemmer, John Burnell, Naomi Burroughs, Douglas Clair, David Crawford, Russell Eckerson, Arnie Gilbertson, Victor Hedman, Evangeline Heitke, Paul Hendren, Samuel Johnson, Jack Packila, Joy King, Roger Koeshall, Doris Lanus, Darrell Olson, Leon Olson, David Opie, Gary Ribble, Beverly Ryan, John Sandgren, Bennie Sheffield, David Simmons, John Sorensen, Jeannette Standen, Marcella Stevenson, Elda St. John, Roger Swanson, Robert Turner, Sharon Turner, Lola Vetter, Sarah Vetter, Sharon Wallace, Louis Walton, David Ward. Junior Graduate (Outside border): Lyle Blair, Gordon Bialik, Richard Ballinger, David Baldwin, Robert Abbott, Bruce Talso, Donald Upton, Irene Van Demark, Royal Voeller, Joan Ward, Ilene Williams. Sophomores (Beginning top row, left to right): Dennis Abbott, Janice Adamson, Ellen Aldrich, Erma Aldrich, Maryln Anderson, Richard Babcock, Barbara Baker, JoAnn Battishill, Rolf Bergman, Marlin Bowman, Mary Buntenbach, Mildred Burgess, Thomas Byrtus, David Campbell, Craig Carter, Connie Center, Robert Cilke, Elwin Clifton, Elaine Coats, John Collins, John Colwell, Richard Corning, David Cutsforth, Charles Davis, Ruth Droll, Lois Elfstrom, Eloise Engle, Charles Fairfield, Fern Geffert, Mae Marie Godfrey, Beryl Grunewald, Beverly Hart, Barbara Haugen, Ivan Holmquist, Melvin Holmquist, Larry Jent, Jack Johnson, Jerroll Jorgenson, Bevery Krans, Byron Krans, Ralph Leiviska, Robert McCown, Linda Mancini, Delores Mathis, Lloyd Meyer, Jerry Miller, Irene Moening, David Nelson, Roger Pankratz, Jerry Parsley, Karen Parsley, James Phillips, Dennis Pigman, Kennett Radford, Larry Redmond, Arlene Rosewall, Georgia Rothwell, Loretta Rothwell, Leonard Salvig, Gayrene Schooley, Robert Schooley, Peggy Scofield, Linda Seddon, Gerald Smith, Mary E. Smith, Wayne Smitham, Carol Stevens, Jack Strom, Alice Szabo, Judy Teehee, Jeanette Thompson, Arthur Walker, Edward Werranen, Helen Werranen, Charles Westendorf, John Wibley, Richard Wills, William Winkler, Phillip Yoakum. Freshmen (left to right): Barbara Adair, Arden Adamson, Norma Agee, Richard Allen, Thelma Allen, David Anderson, Ronald Anderson, Aloa Atkins, Clarence Axmark, Tammy Bakker, Lannie Berryman, Ruth Ann Bosak, Evelyn Boyd, Leon Brackenridge, David Briley, Sharon Brinson, Frances Brooks, Russell Brown, Darrel Bush, Ronald Callahan, Janet Cedarlund, Beverly Christianson, Robert Coble, Orrin Conklin, Margaret Copley, Marianna Corning, Karen Curry, Vernon Davidson, Viola Dietzman, Roger Doty, James Drown, Marjean Duerksen, George Ehara, Richard Elie, Melva Engle, Larry Foster Joanne Freeman, Danielle Fulk, Doris Geffert, Dorothy Graf, Judy Gross, Gail Gross, Ernest Griffith, Lila Griffith, Darlene Hacht, Wendell Hagenbeck, Lois Harms, Tom Hartwell, Rita Hays, James Henderson, Velva Jo Howard, Marilyn Knecht, Peter Koeshall, Ruth Kooi, Stanley Kramer, Fred Kuykendoll, Dorothy Lewis, Gary Lidgerding, Glenda Line, Daniel Lund, Ted MacDowell, Unidentified, Dennis Masters, Marvin Mathis, Ruth Ann Mathis, Lorrell McCullough, Earl Megginson, Dolores Metz, Sharon Michaelson, Francine Miller, Jean Mulholland, Alice Mustain, Carole Myers, Charles Myers, Robert Novak, Shirley O'Brien, Elaine Olson, Martha Ott, Sandra Petrinec, Unidentified, Robert Ramphal, Viola Reed, Arthur Reif, Kenneth Ross, Thomas Scalf, Marcus Selness, Charles Skaggs, Delmar Skaret, Kathy Skjonsby, Twyla Smith, Anna Staley, Donna Stevens, Elaine Storvik, Roger Striemer, Ethel Sumner, William Thomas, David Thompson, Patricia Ware, Harvey Warren, Unidentified, Judy Wieman, Ronna Lou Wiley, James Williams, Larry Wood, Ardell Youngberg. Unclassified (left to right): Sandra Anderson, Ginger Ballweber, Lonnie Beard, Lora Lee Bowman, Sandra Canaevit, Jane Holmes, Beverly Holmgren, Rose McKenzie, Judy Nelson, Janet Shoberg, Cleveland Smalls, Joyce Smith, Robert Taylor, Erma Voeller, Naomi Winters, Arliss Wyant, David Wood, Darlene Wyant. In 1938, North Central Business College (NCBC) was created and added to the school's title. NCBC was dropped in 1945, and, in 1946, NCBI became NCBI&TS when a Theological Seminary (TS) was added. The seminary remained until 1949. North Central Bible Institute was renamed North Central Bible College in 1957. The most recent name change was in 1998, when North Central Bible College became North Central University.
Group portrait of the women's basketball team. Members include G. Odney, Coach George Lynch, G. Brown, F. Hawkins, G. Schiedinger, F. Williams, C. Lausted (captain), F. Eynon, and F. Abbot.
Portraits of Pastor Theodore Fossum, confirmation class members, and an inset photograph of the Twenty-fifth Avenue West and Third Street church building's exterior and interior, are grouped in this photograph.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections