Emma Betts Scholarship Endowment Bertyne Tollefson Birkland Endowment Jim Bjerke Memorial Endowment Donna Sandquist Blondo Sociology Endowment Teresa Blondo English Endowment Frank Bohall Memorial Endowment BonhamMemorial Endowment Charles E. & Frances Booth Endowment Blanche Brill Memorial Endowment Michael & Kristi Bockorny WolfPact Endowment Boekelheide Farms Scholarship Endowment Chad & Scott Boekelheide Men’s Basketball Endowment Boys & Girls State Endowment Margaret Briscoe Memorial Endowment Dr. Russell Brock Memorial Endowment Frank Brooberg Scholarship Endowment Donald C. Brown Endowment Terence Brown Memorial Endowment/ Presidential Support Norma Ann Brugman Memorial Endowment Dr. Kenneth E. & Mary M. Bryant Endowment Jeff & Debbi Bumpous WolfPact Endowment Troy Hoff - Burger King Corporation Endowment Parke & Kathryn V. Burns Memorial Endowment Marvin Burroughs Memorial Endowment Business Endowment Dr. William Carberry Endowment F.W. Card Community Banking Scholarship Endowment Hugo & LaRae Carlson Scholarships Endowment Kevin & Betty Carson Football Endowment Carpenter-Smith Memorial Endowment James & Joan Caven WolfPACT Scholarship Endowment Christopher Cassens Fine Arts Endowment Center for Teaching & Learning Endowment Chuang Family Endowment Nina Chilson Memorial Endowment Dale V & Diane; Daniel; & Hazel (Hollen) Christensen Scholarship Endowment Circle K Alumni Endowment Charles A. Clark, Jr. Endowment William & Jeanie Clark WolfPact Endowment Dr. Lester A. Clarke & Charlotte Wilson Clarke Scholarship Endowment Lester & Charlotte Clarke Arts & Sciences Endowment Lester & Charlotte Clarke Fine Arts Endowment Class of 1932 Endowment Classes of the 60’s Endowment Classes of the 70’s Endowment Classes of the 80’s Endowment Sandra Coleman Women’s Leadership Endowment T.K. & Marian Crane Clement Endowment Wm. J. “Bill” Cody Endowment Lois Conner Memorial Endowment Cor Trust Bank Wolf Pact Endowment Cosmopolitan Club Education Scholarship Endowment Robert J. Courtney, Jr. WolfPact Endowment Jeffrey Crane Memorial Endowment Alfred J. Crogan Memorial Endowment Dan Culey Family Trust Scholarship Endowment Vernon H. Culp Memorial Education Endowment Dacotah Bank Banking & Financial Services Scholarship Endowment Dacotah Bank Scholarship Endowment Rudolph G. & Wava P. Dahl Memorial Endowment Gary & Molly Dahme Endowment Dakota Midland Hospital Auxiliary Endowment Terence P. Dalton Scholarship Endowment Virginia Williams Danielson Endowment John & Adrienne Deblon Family Athletic Endowment John & Adrienne Deblon Family Endowment Delta Kappa Gamma Recruitment Endowment Delta Kappa Gamma/Neubauer Estate Endowment Robert Demery Scholarship Endowment Distinguished Alumni Endowment Frank & Mary Dixon Education Endowment C.A. Draeger Memorial Endowment George H. Duch Memorial Endowment Hazel Hanson-Evelyn Durdin Scholarship Fund Durheim Basketball Endowment Durheim Volleyball Endowment Durheim Special Education Endowment Wynn & Mary Eakins Memorial Endowment Daryl & Julie Ebach Elementary Education Scholarship Endowment Edwards Christian Service Endowment William H. Edwards Endowment Marvin & Ione Ehley WolfPact Endowment LES AND CHARLOTTE CLARKE Les and Charlotte Clarke have helped shape Northern State University. From teaching, to leading, to giving, the Clarkes have dedicated much to the NSU community. Graduating from high school in the late 1930, Les and Charlotte attended and graduated from SDSU with degrees in Agricultural Education and Home Economics, respectively. Les was called to active duty in the U.S. Navy in 1943 and spent two years in the South Pacific and Pearl Harbor. Upon his return to the United States, the Clarkes were married on December 27, 1945. Les and Charlotte began their first teaching assignments (Agriculture and Home Economics) in Sisseton, S.D. Les moved into administration, taking over as the high school principal. He completed his master’s degree at SDSU in 1955, and both he and Charlotte enrolled at the University of Wyoming. Continuing to advance their degrees, Les received his doctorate in administration and Charlotte received her master’s degree in education in 1959. In 1959, J. Howard Kramer, the President of Northern, offered Les a position as an Assistant Professor of Education, which he accepted. Les retired in 1984 but continued on as a teacher and a member of the graduate faculty at Northern until 1992. The Clarkes’ dedication to education and their love of students and the learning process has not dwindled with their retirement. Les and Charlotte have generously given many gifts to support the NSU Foundation, including endowments for students in the School of Education, College of Arts and Sciences, and School of Fine Arts. In 1972 they became members of the original President’s Club and have since included the NSU Foundation as a beneficiary in their wills. 9
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