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Calendar Highlights Obituaries Noel LaVerne Abrahamson Noel ’51 died peacefully on Dec. 27, 2017, in Seattle at the age of 89. He was born an only child to Norin and Martina Abrahamson, of Norwegian descent, on Aug. 31, 1928, in Miles City, Montana. Later the family moved to North Dakota and finally settled in Washington. Noel married Constance Julia Klaras, his wife of 61 years, on Dec. 21, 1956, in Seattle. He was a loving husband and father, and a dedicated teacher and mentor who inspired students

afternoon, as will PLU students and faculty who have been involved in Holocaust Studies.Highlights include: Professor Peter Hayes, Northwestern University, speaking March 8th on “What Took So Long? The Wrangle over Restitution since 1945” The fate of famous paintings by Gustav Klimt. George Elbaum, a child survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto. Elbaum and his mother were the only members of their family to survive the war.

Mainz-Wiesbaden area of Germany on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, with Natalie and Pamela Mayer, daughter and wife of Kurt Mayer, a holocaust survivor, who lived here with his family before escaping the Nazi's . (Photo/John Froschauer) Kurt Mayer's PLU ConnectionKurt Mayer (b. January 1930; d. November, 2012) First introduced to PLU when he was invited to speak to Professor Christopher Browning’s Holocaust class. In his personal Memoir he wrote, “The fact that a university founded by Norwegian

afternoon, as will PLU students and faculty who have been involved in Holocaust Studies.Highlights include: Professor Peter Hayes, Northwestern University, speaking March 8th on “What Took So Long? The Wrangle over Restitution since 1945” The fate of famous paintings by Gustav Klimt. George Elbaum, a child survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto. Elbaum and his mother were the only members of their family to survive the war.

Mainz-Wiesbaden area of Germany on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, with Natalie and Pamela Mayer, daughter and wife of Kurt Mayer, a holocaust survivor, who lived here with his family before escaping the Nazi's . (Photo/John Froschauer) Kurt Mayer's PLU ConnectionKurt Mayer (b. January 1930; d. November, 2012) First introduced to PLU when he was invited to speak to Professor Christopher Browning’s Holocaust class. In his personal Memoir he wrote, “The fact that a university founded by Norwegian

afternoon, as will PLU students and faculty who have been involved in Holocaust Studies.Highlights include: Professor Peter Hayes, Northwestern University, speaking March 8th on “What Took So Long? The Wrangle over Restitution since 1945” The fate of famous paintings by Gustav Klimt. George Elbaum, a child survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto. Elbaum and his mother were the only members of their family to survive the war.

Mainz-Wiesbaden area of Germany on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, with Natalie and Pamela Mayer, daughter and wife of Kurt Mayer, a holocaust survivor, who lived here with his family before escaping the Nazi's . (Photo/John Froschauer) Kurt Mayer's PLU ConnectionKurt Mayer (b. January 1930; d. November, 2012) First introduced to PLU when he was invited to speak to Professor Christopher Browning’s Holocaust class. In his personal Memoir he wrote, “The fact that a university founded by Norwegian

afternoon, as will PLU students and faculty who have been involved in Holocaust Studies.Highlights include: Professor Peter Hayes, Northwestern University, speaking March 8th on “What Took So Long? The Wrangle over Restitution since 1945” The fate of famous paintings by Gustav Klimt. George Elbaum, a child survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto. Elbaum and his mother were the only members of their family to survive the war.

Mainz-Wiesbaden area of Germany on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, with Natalie and Pamela Mayer, daughter and wife of Kurt Mayer, a holocaust survivor, who lived here with his family before escaping the Nazi's . (Photo/John Froschauer)Kurt Mayer's PLU ConnectionKurt Mayer (b. January 1930; d. November, 2012) First introduced to PLU when he was invited to speak to Professor Christopher Browning’s Holocaust class. In his personal Memoir he wrote, “The fact that a university founded by Norwegian

afternoon, as will PLU students and faculty who have been involved in Holocaust Studies.Highlights include: Professor Peter Hayes, Northwestern University, speaking March 8th on “What Took So Long? The Wrangle over Restitution since 1945” The fate of famous paintings by Gustav Klimt. George Elbaum, a child survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto. Elbaum and his mother were the only members of their family to survive the war.