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With graduates who have gone on to become research scientists, university professors and physicians, a biodiesel entrepreneur, Rhodes Scholar, and a Nobel Prize recipient, Augsburg College Professor Emeritus of Chemistry Arlin Gyberg\u2019s legacy already reaches far and wide.<\/p>\n
Alumni are recognizing this long-serving and award-winning professor by giving gifts to name a Quantitative Analytical Chemistry Laboratory for Gyberg in the planned Center for Science, Business, and Religion.<\/p>\n
Steve \u201972 and Catherine Larson <\/span><\/strong>launched this $250,000 initiative with a lead gift of $125,000.<\/p>\n Steve, an infectious disease specialist and the CEO and board chair of Riverside Medical Clinic in Riverside, Calif., and one of the newest members of the Augsburg Board of Regents, still acknowledges Gyberg\u2019s influence on his life and career after more than 40 years since graduation.<\/p>\n \u201cArlin\u2019s influence on my vocation and life cannot be measured,\u201d Steve said, and he recognizes that the CSBR will influence the entire Augsburg College community.<\/p>\n \u201cA new building can bring new vitality,\u201d he said. \u201cI have seen it happen with our own medical group\u2019s building. When we got a new building, it really enhanced our reputation. I think [the CSBR] will do the same for Augsburg.\u201d<\/p>\n The newest donors to join in honoring Gyberg are Jon \u201968 and Sharon DeVries<\/span><\/strong>. The couple, who has already given $50,000 to the CSBR for faculty offices, is giving an additional $10,000 to honor Gyberg.<\/p>\n Gyberg became a faculty member at Augsburg in 1967 during Jon\u2019s senior year. While Jon never took a class with Gyberg, the two got to know each other when Jon worked in the research lab next to Gyberg\u2019s office.<\/p>\n \u201cArlin is energetic, practical, friendly, outgoing, and realistic,\u201d said Jon, who is a respected chemist at General Mills and has been inspired by Gyberg\u2019s impact on the College.<\/p>\n Today Gyberg\u2019s research focuses on environmental topics. He remains active in his research in areas as multi-faceted as catalytic systems to produce biofuels, active ingredients in energy drinks, over-the-counter children\u2019s medicines, algae as a source of biodiesel and bioethanol, and the conversion of wood fibers to other useful chemicals. His consulting work includes serving Fortune 500 companies, such as 3M and Xcel Energy, and government and educational institutions.<\/p>\n Donors to the Gyberg initiative are turning to fellow alumni to help raise the final $50,000 needed to fund the CSBR lab. If you are interested in joining fellow alumni to honor Gyberg, send your gift, marked Gyberg Initiative, to: Augsburg College, 2211 Riverside Avenue, CB 142, Minneapolis, MN 55454. For gifts of appreciated securities, life insurance, or bequests, contact Doug Scott at 612-330-1575 <\/span>or scottd@augsburg.edu<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With graduates who have gone on to become research scientists, university professors and physicians, a biodiesel entrepreneur, Rhodes Scholar, and a Nobel Prize recipient, Augsburg College Professor Emeritus of Chemistry Arlin Gyberg\u2019s legacy already reaches far and wide. Alumni are recognizing this long-serving and award-winning professor by giving gifts to name a Quantitative Analytical Chemistry <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6195,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[27,75],"class_list":["post-4449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-news","tag-fall-2014","tag-norman-and-evangeline-hagfors-center-for-science-business-and-religion"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4449"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10147,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4449\/revisions\/10147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}