Notable Alumni of Augsburg University

Alexander Wiley 1884–1967

U.S. senator from Wisconsin, 1939–1963

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Martin Olav Sabo 1938–2016

US Representative for Minnesota's fifth district

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1959

Also attended: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Susan Allen 1963–

Former Minnesota state representative and lawyer

Leif J. Sverdrup 1898–1976

Army engineer general under MacArthur in WWII

Also attended: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Leo Elthon 1898–1967

32nd Governor of Iowa

Also attended: Iowa State University

Karin Housley 1964–

Republican member of the Minnesota Senate

Also attended: University at Buffalo

Charles Stenvig 1928–2010

Former mayor of Minneapolis

Diane Loeffler 1953–2019

Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives

Also attended: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Peter Agre 1949–

Nobel laureate who discovered aquaporin water channels

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University

Curt Rice 1962–

Linguist and former rector of Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Bachelor's degree · Class of 1984

Also attended: The University of Texas at Austin

Diane Follingstad

Psychologist and University of Kentucky professor

Dua Saleh 1994–

Sudanese-American singer and actor

Kuoth Wiel

Model and actress in The Good Lie

Chris Stedman 1987–

Writer teaching religion and philosophy at Augsburg University

Also attended: University of Chicago

Maren Tschinkel 1998–

Model and Miss Germany 2018

Otis Dozovic "El Chotis" 1991–

WWE professional wrestler performing as Otis

Devean George 1977–

Former NBA player, three-time champion with the Lakers

Lute Olson 1934–2020

Basketball Hall of Fame coach of Arizona Wildcats

Also attended: Long Beach City College

Spouse: Christine Jack Toretti (University of Virginia-Main Campus)

Roger Huerta 1983–

Mixed martial artist, formerly of UFC

Dan Anderson 1943–

Former basketball player

Aaron Cross 1975–

Paralympic archer

Martin Hlinka 1976–

Slovak former professional ice hockey player

Mark Hanson 1946–

Third Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Also attended: Luther Seminary, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York

Herbert W. Chilstrom 1931–2020

First Presiding Bishop of the ELCA

Also attended: Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Princeton Theological Seminary, New York University