Denkmann in , to fund construction of the Denkmann Memorial Library. Five buildings were added to the campus during the Andreen years and an endowment was established thanks to his tireless travels to synod congregations.
In the last years of Andreen's presidency, Augustana faced the loss of its accreditation due to substandard facilities for science instruction. But in spite of the Great Depression, Andreen secured funding for a state-of-the-art science facility, Wallberg Hall of Science. A Augustana alumnus, the Rev. Conrad Bergendoff, succeeded Andreen in and guided the college for 27 years.
Bergendoff became recognized nationally as an educator and internationally as a theologian. During his first year as college president, Bergendoff had the bell tower designed after a similar structure at Uppsala and erected on campus using lumber from the first college building.
Bergendoff's tenure was highlighted by dramatic growth: of the campus physical plant, financial base, student enrollment, programming, and strength of the faculty. The college was formally recognized by the American Association of University Women in and by the National Association of Schools of Music in Augustana's academic program was further recognized and approved by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education in , followed by the American Chemical Society in Six major buildings were erected during Bergendoff's presidency, but no achievement was of greater satisfaction to him than securing an Augustana chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in Today, roughly a tenth of American colleges and universities can boast the Phi Beta Kappa distinction.
Augustana College had reached some tremendous milestones as it celebrated its centennial year. Enrollment exceeded 1, and the college faculty numbered During this same auspicious year, Dr. Clarence Woodrow Sorensen became Augustana's sixth president. Sorensen's academic career had made him an internationally respected scholar. During his tenure, Augustana's enrollment doubled in size and several new buildings were added, including the Roy J. The seminary returned to Chicago in ; the college acquired the property known as the Augustana Book Concern from the LCA and later renamed the building Sorensen Hall.
The grant allowed the college to enhance its curricular balance of liberal arts study with professional preparation, while the Carver gift put his name on the college's new physical education center.
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