Established on 06.02.1969 by Dr. Edson Vercel Fuglestad '49, Afton Nellermoe '62, Dr. J. Roald Fuglestad '57, Jon T. Fuglestad '58, Shelah L. Blixt '66, Renee E. Fuglestad '66, and Sanford C. Fuglestad '52
R. E. “Ed” Fuglestad joined the staff of the biology department at Concordia College in 1927. Retiring in 1970, he completed an outstanding 43-year teaching career. In addition to his many other duties, Professor Fuglestad was the advisor to biology students interested in medicine. Upon retirement, he could boast that 187 students entered medical school during his tenure. Throughout the years, he maintained a keen interest in all of his former students and kept in touch with them through correspondence and his travels across the country. Professor Fuglestad died in 1981 at the age of 80. As reported in an article in the Concordia Alumni News in the summer of that same year, “He gave his students a vision, he excited their imagination, and he nurtured and prodded them on. But above all, he gave them a deep sense of humanity.” This endowment honors Ed Fuglestad, his wife and lifelong companion, Clara, their seven children, all who graduated from Concordia, and the generations of Fuglestad Cobbers who will follow.
The Clara and R. E. Fuglestad Pre-Medical Endowed Scholarship is awarded by the Office of Financial Aid in conjunction with Concordia’s biology department to junior or senior pre-medical student(s), with preference given to senior students. Selection will be based on scholastic achievement, personality, character, and financial need.