Pacific Lutheran University
Number Name Years in office
1 Rev . Bjug Harstad 1894-1895 , 1897-1898
2 Rev . Ole Grönsberg 1895-1897
3 Nils Joseph Hong 1898-1918
4 J.U . Xavier 1920-1921
5 Ola Ordal 1921-1928
6 Oscar Tingelstad 1928-1943
7 Seth C. Eastvold 1943-1962
8 Robert A. L. Mortvedt 1962-1969
9 Eugene Wiegman 1969-1974
10 Richard P. Jungkuntz 1974-1975
11 William O. Rieke 1975-1992
12 Loren J. Anderson 1992-2012
13 Thomas W. Krise 2012-2017
14 L. Allan Belton 2017-present
History -- Presidents
The first President of the Pacific Lutheran University was Rev . Bjug Harstad . The entire university was housed in one building from 1894 to 1912 . This building was formerly known as Old Main but has since been renamed Harstad Hall in honor of the founding president . [ 23 ] The 14th and current President of the Pacific Lutheran University is L. Allan Belton , appointed in 2017 . [ 24 ]
Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) is a private Lutheran university in Parkland, Washington. It was founded by Norwegian Lutheran immigrants in 1890. PLU is sponsored by the 580 congregations of Region I of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. PLU has approximately 3,100 students enrolled. As of 2017, the school employs approximately 220 full-time professors on the 156-acre (630,000 m²) woodland campus. PLU consists of the College of Arts and Sciences (including of the Divisions of Humanities, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences), the School of Arts and Communication, the School of Business, the School of Education and Kinesiology, and the School of Nursing.