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Outstanding Alumni - 1997

Oscar Tollefson

Bemidji State University Graduate 1960

 

Career and Professional Achievements

• High school and junior high school teacher, New Jersey.
• Directed Head Start and Title I programs.
• Created OzzieAlive, Inc.
• Produced and performed educational assembly shows.

Community Service

• Active member of Freeden?s Lutheran Church, Hegins, PA.
• Wrote, directed, and played in fund-raising play.
• Volunteers time at senior citizen home.

Outstanding Service to Bemidji State University

• Honored as 1960?s Outstanding Student Teacher.
• Named best actor three years running.

Personal Achievements/Awards

• Writing featured in the New York Times.
• Worked featured on public radio?s ?All Things Considered?.
• Appeared on ?CBS Morning New with Charles Osgood?.
• Work featured on South Carolina Education Television.
• Sponsored by the Center for Marine Conservation for his show on whales.