Northern Today Spring 2009

FROM THE ARCHIVES Non Profit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Aberdeen, South Dakota Permit No. 77 NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY 1200 South Jay Street Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401-7198 CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED N O R T H E R N S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y F O U N D A T I O N 605.626.2550, www.northern.edu, 1200 South Jay Street, South Dakota 57401-7198 A PLAQUE IS BEING CREATED to recognize N. H. “Scout” Mewaldt, who gave 38 years of service to Northern as professor of mathematics, from 1927 to 1965, and John H. Jensen, professor of chemistry and physics at Northern from 1931 to 1968. The plaque will hang at the entrance of the Mewaldt Jensen building on the NSU campus. “I am deeply committed to the memory of these two fine men,” said Borgesen. “They are two of the best instructors I have ever had.” Borgesen left NSU in 1950, attendedMarquette from‘50to ‘61 with a break for military service. He completed his residency at the University of Iowa and began practicing in Phoenix in 1967, where he resides today. Two former NSU scholars are being honored by former NSU student, Dr. Paul Borgesen, an ear, nose and throat physician in Phoenix, Arizona. N. H. “Scout” Mewaldt John H. Jensen

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