{"id":7077,"date":"2016-07-21T20:29:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T20:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/?p=7077"},"modified":"2025-12-09T21:32:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T21:32:55","slug":"martin-olav-sabo-leaves-indelible-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/2016\/07\/21\/martin-olav-sabo-leaves-indelible-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Olav Sabo \u201959 leaves indelible mark on Augsburg College community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Former U.S. Representative<b> <\/b><strong><span class=\"s2\">Martin Olav Sabo \u201959<\/span><\/strong>, who passed away on March 13 at age 78, was a lifelong public servant and renowned Augsburg College alumnus who exemplified the progressive approach and personal integrity that were modeled in his Lutheran upbringing and education.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The work he and his wife, Sylvia, devoted to guiding the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/sabo\/\">Martin Olav Sabo Center for Democracy and Citizenship<\/a>, the Sabo Scholars program, and the annual Sabo Symposium\u2014all of which create opportunities for civic experiences and skill-building inside and outside the classroom\u2014will leave a lasting legacy at Augsburg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b> <\/b><strong><span class=\"s2\">Augsburg College President Paul C. Pribbenow<\/span><\/strong> said that Sabo\u2019s \u201clife-long commitment to public service is an inspiration to all of us. The Sabo Center gives Augsburg the ongoing opportunity to celebrate the life and work of our dear friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">One year after graduating from Augsburg College, Sabo\u2014then 22\u2014was elected to serve in the Minnesota House of Representatives. During his tenure, he became the first member of the Democrat-Farmer-Labor party to serve as Speaker of the House\u2014a post he held from 1973-78. He went on to serve for 28 years as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, retiring in 2007.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">At the same time that Sabo served in Congress, he volunteered 12 years to Augsburg College as a member of the Board of Regents. The College named Sabo a Distinguished Alumnus and awarded him its first-ever honorary degree. Sabo was distinguished in all he undertook and, in 2006, was appointed Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit for outstanding work and dedication to Norwegian-American relations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Congressman Sabo and Sylvia Sabo are parents of Auggies <strong><span class=\"s2\">Karin Mantor \u201986<\/span><\/strong><b> <\/b>and <strong><span class=\"s2\">Julie Sabo \u201990<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former U.S. Representative Martin Olav Sabo \u201959, who passed away on March 13 at age 78, was a lifelong public servant and renowned Augsburg College alumnus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":7174,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,73],"tags":[81],"class_list":["post-7077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-news","category-auggies-connect","tag-summer-2016"],"wps_subtitle":"Remembering a lifelong public servant","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7077","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\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7077"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14207,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7077\/revisions\/14207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}