Gustavus Adolphus College

1862–63, Founder

Eric Norelius

principal 1863–73, acting principal 1874–76

Andrew Jackson

John J. Frodeen, principal 1873–74

Jonas P. Nyquist, 1876–81

Matthias Wahlstrom, 1881–1904

Peter A. Mattson, 1904–11

Jacob P. Uhler, acting president 1911–1913, 1927

Oscar J. "O.J." Johnson, 1913–42

Walter Lunden, 1942–43

O.A. Winfield, acting president 1943–44

Edgar M. Carlson, 1944–1968

Albert Swanson, acting president 1968–69

Frank Barth, 1969–75

Edward A. Lindell, 1975–80

Abner W. Arthur, acting president 1980–81

John S. Kendall, 1981–91

Axel D. Steuer, 1991–2002

Dennis J. Johnson, interim president 2002–03

James L. Peterson, 2003–08

2008–14

Jack R. Ohle

2014–present

Rebecca M. Bergman

Psychology (66)

Biology/Biological Sciences (52)

Business/Commerce (43)

Speech Communication and Rhetoric (36)

Education (31)

Political Science and Government (30)

English Language and Literature (29)

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse (29)

Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness(27)

Memorial Library

Folke Bernadotte

Hall of Science

Alfred Nobel

O.J. Johnson Student Union

Lund Center (Athletic complex featuring Gus Young Court and Ice Arena)

Don Roberts

Hillstrom Museum of Art, notable for its collection of American art from the

Ashcan School

The Arboretum at Gustavus Adolphus College

"Old Main" –

National Register of Historic Places

C. Charles Jackson Campus Center

Over thirty sculptures

Paul Granlund

The Gustavus women's softball team placed third in the national tournament in 2009.

NCAA Division III

The Gustavus men's hockey team placed second in the NCAA Division III national tournament in 2009.

The Gustavus soccer team finished second in the NCAA national tournament in 2005—led in part by three-time all-American Robert "Bobby" Kroog.

Division III

In 2003 the Gustavus men's basketball team finished second in the NCAA Division III national tournament.

In the middle of the twentieth century, the Gustavus team was coached by long-time coach/AD Moose Malmquist.

football

The women's hockey team has won seven conference titles, including six straight, and has placed in the top four nationally in 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2010. They won the 2023 Division 3 National Championship with a 2–1 victory over Amherst College. Five women alumni who played ice hockey at Gustavus have gone on to represent the United States at the , and one represents the Unified Korean team at the 2018 Winter Olympics.^[39]

2016 Women's Bandy World Championship

The Gustavus men's tennis team have made 11 consecutive appearances at the NCAA Division III National Championships. Gustavus Adolphus College hosted the 2013 USTA/ITA Midwest Regional Championships at the Swanson Indoor Tennis Center and Brown Outdoor Courts in St. Peter, Minnesota. In 2003 's squad placed third at the NCAA Division III Championships as well as a first-place finish at the ITA Indoor Championships. Steve Wilkinson retired in 2009 as the winningest coach in college tennis history with a record of 929–279. Gustavus player Eric Butorac, closed out his senior season of 2003 by winning both the NCAA Division III singles and doubles championships, with Kevin Whipple as his partner. In 2003, Eric Butorac turned pro. He was a doubles specialist before retiring in 2016 and achieved success being the no. 3 ranked American doubles player for multiple years before retiring.

Steve Wilkinson

, first published in 1920, is the campus newspaper. Its predecessor was the College Breezes. In addition, there were various other names for the student paper from June 1891 into 1902.

The Gustavian Weekly

Firethorne is an arts and literary magazine published twice per year. Students submit short stories, poetry, creative nonfiction, photography, visual art, or other creative content.

KGSM is a webcast-only radio station operated entirely by students. The studio moved to the Beck Academic Hall in 2011 to improve the quality of its webstream and added a digital audio workstation.

The newest campus media outlet is GAC TV. Started by a group of students interested in bringing television broadcasting to campus, GAC TV became an instant success when students started watching the weekly show before free on-campus films.

The Gustavian yearbook publishes a yearbook for each class and dates back to 1920 with predecessor publications released under different names dating back to 1904.

TV broadcasts from Gustavus are released over Internet II.

An alumni magazine, the Gustavus Quarterly, features articles of interest to graduates.

A satire news source, "The Fourth Crown", publishes comedic articles on a weekly basis

Yale University professor of religious history

Sydney E. Ahlstrom

Harvard professor, archaeologist, and writer

Paul D. Hanson

Yale University Professor of Theology

George Lindbeck

University of Missouri-Kansas City Professor of Law

Douglas O. Linder

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, author of the seminal Civil War monograph Battle Cry of Freedom

James M. McPherson

linguist, Yale University professor

Roy Andrew Miller

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee professor and library scholar

Hope A. Olson

theologian and professor of Lutheran studies, researching children and childhood in religion and ethics

Marcia Bunge

professor and chair of the department of Philosophy

Peg O'Connor

men's basketball coach from 1957 to 1981, men's golf coach from 1973 to 1996^[41]

Whitey Skoog

professor emerita of English, Minnesota's Poet Laureate from 2011 to 2021

Joyce Sutphen

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