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2007 Alumni Achievement
Award Recipients
The purpose of the Concordia College Alumni Achievement Award is to honor alumni who have exemplified the ideals of Concordia College through outstanding service and leadership in their profession, community and church. These individuals have profoundly influenced the affairs of the world through thought, word and deed. Past Alumni Achievement Award Recipients...
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Darwin Gorder '61 |
Dr. Rein Uritam '61 |
| Gorder, of Fargo, N.D., is vice president for development at Oak Grove Lutheran
School, Fargo, where he has worked for 42 years. Prior to working in development,
Gorder served as principal and athletic director for 27 years and instructor and
coach for 12 years. He serves on numerous community and church committees,
including Bethany Homes Board of Trustees, the Metro Tournament committee and
church council at Hope Lutheran Church, Fargo. Gorder is a member of C-400 and
the Letterman’s Club. |
Uritam, of Dover, Mass., is the graduate program director and professor of physics at Boston College, where he has worked for 39 years. He was chair of the physics department for 14 years. Uritam was resident of the Association of
Marshall Scholars from 1991 to 2001, nationally promoting the scholarship program
and serving with the British Ambassador on the national selection committee.
He was knighted in 2002 for his service with the association. Uritam is also very
involved with Dover Church. |
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Dr. Menkir Esayas '64 |
Ingrid Christiansen '66 |
| Esayas, of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is a regional director and area counselor for
Africa and the Middle East through the International Lutheran Laymen’s League, St.
Louis, where he has worked for 14 years. He previously worked as executive director
of Africa Church Information Services in Nairobi, Kenya, executive secretary for communication services for The Lutheran World Federation and executive director
of Radio Voice of the Gospel in Addis Ababa. Esayas has served as a World Health
Organization consultant. |
Christiansen, of Chicago is a capital mitigation specialist, assisting people facing
the death sentence in hopes they will receive a lighter sentence. She previously worked at Associated Colleges of the Midwest Urban Studies Program for 31 years,
Genesis House for Women in Prostitution and as chair of the board of the Division
for Church in Society of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for eight years.
Christiansen is involved in church and community organizations, along with serving
as a Concordia guest lecturer numerous times. |
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