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, Heyerdahl became an advocate for global environmental and peace issues.  He was, in many ways, a citizen of the world. Given PLU’s deep-seated Norwegian heritage, it is no surprise that Thor Heyerdahl would visit the campus which he did on three occasions.  In 1966, he received PLU’s Distinguished Service Award and in 1996, he accepted the President’s Medal from former University president, Loren Anderson.  Heyerdahl returned in 1998 as the commencement speaker.  The latter two visits were facilitated

the globe. For her filmmaking work, she has been a guest on Jon Stewart, Charlie Rose, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria and Meet the Press. In addition, for her films, she has been nominated as a Young Global Leader by the WEF in 2007 and named one of the “50 People Who Will Change the World” by Wired (2012), “125 Women of Impact” by Newsweek (2013) and “100 Most Creative People in the World” by Fast Company (2014).2017 Featured LecturerShamil Idriss2013 Featured LecturerRobin

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