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Edward B. Lindaman Papers, 1965-1982

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Lindaman, Edward B.
Title
Edward B. Lindaman Papers
Dates
1965-1982 (inclusive)
Quantity
6 linear ft., (6 boxes)
Collection Number
General Collection B-3-L
Summary
Materials from the office of the president accumulated during the presidency of Edward B. Lindaman (1970-1980). There are some overlaps with the administrations of Mark L. Koehler, president and Clarence J. Simpson, interim president.
Repository
Whitworth University Archives and Special Collections
Whitworth University Archives and Special Collections
300 W. Hawthorne Road
Spokane, WA 99251
Telephone: 5097774481
archives@whitworth.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research use.

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Edward B. Lindaman (1920-1982) became president of Whitworth College in 1970 and retired in 1980. He came to Whitworth from North American Rockwell where he was director of programming for the Apollo space project. He was largely self-educated (he held an Associate in Arts degree from Mesabi Junior College, Eveleth, Minnesota, 1938) through extensive reading and study in many fields from theology and philosophy to science, technology and “futuristics.”

His decade of administration saw profound changes in the college including the establishment of the Whitworth Foundation, the Student Life program, the Center for Economic Education, Institute of Ministry, a computer center, Senior Scholars program, cross-cultural student exchanges and the four-one-four calendar. During his administration 11 new buildings were constructed and gifts to the college rose to exceed $1 million per year. The enrollment reached 1900 students. Lindaman is said to have "put the college on the map.” National attention was gained for the college’s Nutrition 1985 program and its human development emphasis. He authored two books on the future: Space: A New Direction for Mankind and Thinking in the Future Tense. Lindaman contracted sleeping sickness while visiting China and died in Shanghai on August 26, 1982.

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Content Description

Series - Box: Introduction and Inventory - 1; Personal - 1; Administration - 1; Admissions - 1; Black Students - 1; Capital Funds Drive - 2; Correspondence General - 2; Donors - 3; Development - 3; Foundations - 3; Independent Colleges of Washington - 4; Long Range Planning - 4; Scholarships - 5; Space Station Curriculum - 5; Student Development - 5; Washington Friends of Higher Education - 6

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

From the Edward B. Lindaman Papers; located in the Whitworth University Archives; Spokane, Washington.

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Administrative Information

Custodial History

President's Office; Whitworth University; Spokane, WA 99251; 509-777-1000

Related Materials

Frank F. Warren Papers; Mark L. Koehler Papers

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • College students
  • Minority college students
  • Presbyterian universities and colleges
  • Universities and colleges--Washington State

Personal Names

  • Koehler, Mark L.
  • Lindaman, Edward B.--Archives.
  • Simpson, Clarence J.

Corporate Names

  • Whitworth College
  • Greater Spokane Community Foundation
  • Independent Colleges of Washington
  • Intercollegiate Center for Nursing
  • National Science Foundation
  • Northwest Association of Private Colleges and Universities
  • Presbyterian College Union (N. E. X. U. S.)
  • Research Corporation
  • Sears-Roebuck Foundation
  • Shell Foundation
  • Steele-Reese Foundation
  • United Presbyterian Church (U. S. A.)
  • Washington Friends of Higher Education

Geographical Names

  • Spokane (Washington)

Occupations

  • College presidents

Titles within the Collection

  • Thinking in the Future Tense

Finding aid prepared by H. W. Johnston
2000

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