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St. Olaf College is a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota. It was founded in 1874 by a group of Norwegian-American pastors and farmers led by Pastor Bernt Julius Muus. The college is named after the King and the Patron Saint Olaf II of Norway and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
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Anton Eugene Armstrong is the conductor of the St. Olaf Choir as well as the Harry R. and Thora H. Tosdal Professor of Music at St. Olaf College of Northfield, Minnesota, in the United States. Armstrong became the fourth director of the St. Olaf Choir in 1990, continuing the tradition begun by the choir's founder F. Melius Christiansen in 1911, sustained and developed by his son, Olaf Christiansen, and strengthened and enhanced by Kenneth Jennings. Armstrong teaches conducting in the Sacred Music department at Luther Seminary and also conducts some pieces in "Northfield Youth Choirs".
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David "Haucker" Hauck was an American competitive swimmer for Gustavus Adolphus College and a swimming coach for St. Olaf College serving as Head Coach for 40 years from 1973-2013, where he led the team to 43 Minnesota Conference (MIAC) championships which included 28 for the men's team, and 15 for the women's teams. While at St. Olaf, he also served 30 years as an Assistant Football Coach, 9 years as the Gymnastic's Coach for Men, seven years as the Men's Golf Coach, and six years as a softball coach.
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- ↑ "Knutson, David L." Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ↑ "Haucks inducted in inaugural CSCAA Division III Hall of Fame class". athletics.stolaf.edu.
- ↑ "Rippel, Joel, Longtime St. Olaf swim coach and professor Dave Hauck dies at 87". startribune.com.
- ↑ "St. Olaf Hall of Fame, Dave Hauch". athletics.stolaf.edu.