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Glenn J. Christensen
Dr. Glenn J. Christensen Dies
Former Lehigh University provost and vice
president Dr. Glenn J. Christensen, 80, died
last Saturday in the Blough Nursing Home,
Bethlehem. He was the husband of Mildred M.
(Balmer) Christensen. They resided at 452 N.
New St., Bethlehem.
Christensen had a 38-year-career in higher
education, including such milestones as distinguished professor, a founder of Northampton
County Area Community College and past
chairman of its board of trustees, one of the
founders and president emeritus of WLVT-TV Channel 39, and
widely recognized educational consultant and lecturer.
He was a 1935 graduate of the College of Wooster in Ohio. He
received a doctorate in English from Yale University in 1939, the
same year he joined the English Department at Lehigh University.
He became an assistant professor in 1942.
He was named associate dean of Lehigh's College of Arts and
Science with the rank of full professor in 1955 and was promoted to
dean of the college in 1956, a post he held until 1962, when he was
named provost and vice president. Upon retiring in 1969 to return to
teaching, he was named distinguished professor.
One of the founders of Northampton County Area Community
College, begun under the name Gov. George Wolf Community
College in 1966, Christensen was appointed its first chairman of
trustees, an accomplishment he would repeat for 10 consecutive
terms, until resigning in February 1977.
Christensen in 1965 was founding president of the Lehigh
Valley's public television station WLVT, and according to current
WLVT President Sheldon P. Siegel, was one of the driving forces
that put the station on the air. Upon hearing of Christensen's death,
Siegel said,"Put simply, if it were not for the vision and energy of
Dr. Christensen ... Channel 39 would not be here today."
In 1979 Christensen retired from the board of WLVT and later that
year was named its first director emeritus.
In 1959 the University presented him the Hillman Award, given
annually to the faculty member who has done most for the
university.
Services will be private. The Wallace M. Long Funeral Home,
500 Linden St., Bethlehem, is in charge of arrangements.
Lehigh Fraternity's Donation
Supports Martindale Center Program
The alumni association of Lehigh University's
chapter of Phi Delta Theta, a national social
fraternity, has donated $1,500 for the second
straight year to Lehigh's Martindale Center for
the Study of Private Enterprise.
Prof. J. Richard Aronson, director of
the center, said the funds would be used to
support its "executive-in-residence" program,
and current Phi Delta Theta brothers will
participate in activities related to the program
this spring.
Ken Smith, mayor of Bethlehem, a
Lehigh graduate and a member of the
fraternity's alumni board of trustees, praised the
action of the board and Phi Delta Theta brothers.
"Fraternities recently have been getting
a bad rap, and sometimes justifiably," said
Smith. "My experience at Lehigh, however, was
very positive. My fraternity experience taught
me how to interact socially in a positive and
responsible manner.
"I'd like to see other fraternities view
Phi Delta Theta's interaction with the Martindale
center as a challenge to channel their resources
into constructive academic activities."
Phi Delta Theta will host a reception in
April for the Martindale center's executive-in-
residence, Richard Dauch, executive vice
president for management for Chrysler Corp.
Lars Novak, president of the fraternity,
said brothers will assist in promoting the
executive's visit by distributing posters around
campus and placing advertisements and announcements in the student and local newspapers.
"This kind of activity is not just good
publicity for Phi Delta Theta, it's good for all
fraternities," said Novak. "Every day it seems
you read something negative about fraternities,
so we're trying to help change that image."
Music At Lehigh Presents
Winter Concert This Sunday
Music at Lehigh will present its annual
Winter Concert on Sunday, March 6 at 3
p.m. in Lamberton Hall. It is open to the
public free of charge.
The concert will feature the Wind Ensemble, directed by Jung-Ho Pak, and the
Varsity Band, conducted by Peter Schultz.
Among the works to be performed are
Brahms' "The Academic Festival Overture," Copland's "El Salon Mexico,"
Haydn's "Trumpet Concerto," a piece by
Bach and a selection of marches. Lehigh
senior Joseph W. Long (of York, Pa.) will
be featured during the Haydn piece.
For more information on the concert,
call Lehigh's music department at 215-
758-3839.
758-INFO
Lehigh's New Information Hotline
Lehigh University's Office of Media
Relations has established an events
telephone hotline to provide the public
with dates, times and locations of public
events on the university's campus.
The hotline number is 758-
INFO. It will be placed in service Friday
(March 4).
Callers to the hotline will hear a
recorded message listing the coming
week's public lectures, concerts, films
and other programs. The message will
provide phone numbers of sponsoring
organizations if further information is
desired.
The Lehigh events hotline will
be updated each Friday during the
academic year. It will not operate
during summer or holiday periods.