Halfdan Foss (far side of right table, center), Elise Iverson Foss (far side of right table, right), and others

L-R: Halfdan Foss, Elise Iverson Foss, Gladys Mortvedt, President Robert Mortvedt

President Seth Eastvold (5th from left), Halfdan Foss (4th from left), and others standing outside Ramstad Hall.

From left to right: H.L. Foss, President Seth Eastvold, and Reverend Joseph Knutson share a conversation before the 1957 Commencement ceremony. Halfdan L. Foss the President of the Pacific District of the Evangelical Lutheran Church will receive a honorary Doctor of Laws degree for his years of service in Lutheran higher education, as well as to the church at the ceremony.