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Washingtons Jeanne Kunau Narum to be cited as St. Olaf College distinguished alumna

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May 17, 2001

NORTHFIELD, Minn. ?Jeanne Kunau Narum, director of the Independent Colleges Office, is one of seven St. Olaf College graduates who will be honored by the college on Saturday, May 26, as a Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. Narum, of Washington, D.C., will receive the award as part of the college?s "Celebration 2001" commencement and reunion weekend May 26-27. She and the six other honorees will be cited at an All-Alumni Banquet Saturday evening, May 26, and will be recognized by President Christopher Thomforde during St. Olaf College?s commencement Sunday, May 27. Other Distinguished Alumni Award recipients are geneticist David Benton of Devon, Pa., former ambassador Robert A. Flaten of Northfield, Minn., mayor and community activist DeLores Hinrichs Henehan of Britton, S.D., neighborhood developer Ruth Kelly Hustad of Eden Prairie, Minn., businessman Herbert M. Stellner Jr. of Kasson, Minn., and Minnesota Speaker of the House Steve Sviggum of Kenyon, Minn. Distinguished Alumni Award recipients are selected each year based on distinction in profession, community service, religious involvement and involvement in St. Olaf College. Narum, who graduated from St. Olaf College in 1957, is one of the nation?s premier players in the effort to reform undergraduate science and mathematics education. In 1989, at the request of the National Science Foundation, she spearheaded a study of the role of liberal arts colleges in science and mathematics education ? an effort that led to the founding of Project Kaleidoscope. Her leadership and creativity has made Project Kaleidoscope the catalyst for science and mathematics education reform.

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Currently Narum directs the Independent Colleges Office, mentoring a select group of liberal arts colleges in their relations with federal agencies and programs. She is a board member at the National Council on Undergraduate Research, a councilor for the Council on Undergraduate Research, and a member of the National Research Council Committee on recognizing, evaluating and rewarding excellence in undergraduate teaching. She also has served as vice president for development at Augsburg College, director of development at Dickinson College, and director of government and foundation relations at St. Olaf College. St. Olaf College prepares students to become responsible citizens of the world, fostering development of mind, body and spirit. A four-year, coeducational liberal arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), St. Olaf has a student enrollment of 2,950 and a full-time faculty complement of approximately 300. It is one of Money Guide?s top 100 "elite values in college education today," and it leads the nation?s colleges in percentage of students who study abroad.

Contact Michael Cooper at 507-786-3315 or cooperm@stolaf.edu.