Orville Dahl

Orville Dahl

Orville Dahl (18 May 1910 - 11 Sep 1994) was an American academic. Orville Dahl, Ed. D. was the first president of California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California from 1959-1962.[1]

Biography

Born in Duluth, in St. Louis County, Minnesota, Dahl graduated from St. Olaf College at Northfield, Minnesota. He returned to his alma mater after graduate work at the University of Minnesota to serve as Assistant Dean of Men and Professor of Speech. He was Dean of Administration at the University of Vermont. During World War II, served as Commanding Office of Naval V-12 units in New England.[2]

He came to Southern California from Minnesota in 1957 as a representative of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. The church wanted to build a liberal arts college in California, and sent Dahl to find a good location.[3]

In 2003, Dr. Dahl was induced into the California Lutheran University, Hall of Fame on a meritorious basis. Orville Dahl Centrum Buildings are situated on the northwest side of campus of California Lutheran University.[4][5]

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