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t\ Ernst Pi!i(bindinch irlends said ho planned a ■osl-wrr trip to Sweden urtd lidk-d eagerly about seeing the land f his ancestors again.He died at Christ's hospital soon Mei' being sent there by Dr. T. C. toclmoa, secretory of the slate ■ojird of health, who was called to dminister emergency treatment t civil service headquarters.For *17 years, until resigning in !M1. at the age of tis, Dr. Pllil-larl served Bethany, his alma nater, as president. Ho joined the lothany faculty in 1895 as pro-os so r oX Latin, became vice pres-dent in 1000 and four years later vas elected president, a job he ield until he became the oldest ollege president in Kansas in •i.• ml ol service.Besides sitting on the civil or vice board since its nrgcinizn-ion, he had served as slate sen flop from the McPherson-Harvey ounlv district in 1937 and *1939 nri had been active in many Republican political campaigns.Fourier Gov. Aif M. Latidon uf-ored him the job of state treas-irer in 1933, but Dr. Pihlblad dc-lined.Ho also had been a member of he state textbook commission, the late board of education and dur-ng the lost war was a member f the Kansas advisory comm is-ion to the federal food adminls-rnlion.In 1020, King Gustavo V of 'xveden made Dr. Pihlblad a Cnight of the Order of Vasa in ecognilion of his service to the Swedish people.He was born In Kansas City, vlarch 18, 1873, and became a ninister of the Augustana Luth-ran synod in 1894 after attending Bethany college and Augustin a Theological seminary, Rock slnnd, III. He was pastor of two Yew Jersey churches before join-ng the Bethany faculty.Surviving are two sons, Helge, in army officer stationed at Hnus-n, and Carl, formerly a Uni-•ersity of Missouri professor and low with the Office of Price Ad-mnistratJon at Dallas,
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Hutchinson News Herald
Hutchinson, Kansas, US
Fri, Dec 10, 1943
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