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Homecoming Highlights Awards Recognition Alumni Profiles Alumni Events Class Notes Calendar Cover Story By Sandy Deneau Dunham RESOLUTE Editor I n the mid-1960s, The Beatles invaded America, and The Deacons occupied Pacific Lutheran University. The association is not as far out as you might think. Both bands: introduced a distinct sound and/or accent (oh-so British vs. … well, a trace of Norwegian); broke serious ground (one redefined rock ’n’ roll; one played at PLU’s first true rock ’n’ roll dance

Archives Collection PolicyPurposeThe Pacific Lutheran University Archives documents the history, development, and operations of the University by acquiring, preserving, and making available the official records of administrators, departments, and offices, as well as materials donated by faculty, staff, students, and alumni. The University Archives also serves as a repository for Region I of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA), which includes records that document the history

classmates were roused from their beds, marched barefoot in the bitter cold, and forced, at gunpoint, to watch the Nazis burn Torah scrolls and prayer books from his school in a day of death and destruction that would become known as Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass.Kurt’s father immediately set about trying to make arrangements to leave Germany, obtaining visas to the United States which allowed the family to cross the Atlantic on one of the last ships to carry Jewish refugees to America in

America in April 1940 (for more details about Kurt’s childhood and the Mayers’ “exodus” from Germany, click here to read the first chapter of Kurt Mayer’s memoir). Kurt’s family settled in San Francisco, where he quickly learned English well enough to be a member of Lowell High School’s prize-winning debate team. Kurt attended College of Pacific in Stockton, California and then Hastings Law School in San Francisco. Kurt served in the US Army in the Judge Advocates office in Germany. In 1957, Kurt

classmates were roused from their beds, marched barefoot in the bitter cold, and forced, at gunpoint, to watch the Nazis burn Torah scrolls and prayer books from his school in a day of death and destruction that would become known as Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass.Kurt’s father immediately set about trying to make arrangements to leave Germany, obtaining visas to the United States which allowed the family to cross the Atlantic on one of the last ships to carry Jewish refugees to America in

classmates were roused from their beds, marched barefoot in the bitter cold, and forced, at gunpoint, to watch the Nazis burn Torah scrolls and prayer books from his school in a day of death and destruction that would become known as Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass.Kurt’s father immediately set about trying to make arrangements to leave Germany, obtaining visas to the United States which allowed the family to cross the Atlantic on one of the last ships to carry Jewish refugees to America in

America in April 1940 (for more details about Kurt’s childhood and the Mayers’ “exodus” from Germany, click here to read the first chapter of Kurt Mayer’s memoir). Kurt’s family settled in San Francisco, where he quickly learned English well enough to be a member of Lowell High School’s prize-winning debate team. Kurt attended College of Pacific in Stockton, California and then Hastings Law School in San Francisco. Kurt served in the US Army in the Judge Advocates office in Germany. In 1957, Kurt

classmates were roused from their beds, marched barefoot in the bitter cold, and forced, at gunpoint, to watch the Nazis burn Torah scrolls and prayer books from his school in a day of death and destruction that would become known as Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass.Kurt’s father immediately set about trying to make arrangements to leave Germany, obtaining visas to the United States which allowed the family to cross the Atlantic on one of the last ships to carry Jewish refugees to America in

classmates were roused from their beds, marched barefoot in the bitter cold, and forced, at gunpoint, to watch the Nazis burn Torah scrolls and prayer books from his school in a day of death and destruction that would become known as Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass.Kurt’s father immediately set about trying to make arrangements to leave Germany, obtaining visas to the United States which allowed the family to cross the Atlantic on one of the last ships to carry Jewish refugees to America in