The ELC had not established a college since 1903 and an important task was to enlist the participation of the five different national and local Lutheran judicatories.
Dahl and members of the CLEF visited over fifty sites in search of a location for the new college. Some of the sites considered included an old hotel site at the foot of the San Bernardino Mountains, an abandoned military hospital near Corona, a peninsula near Dana Point, and a new town just being built near Santa Rosa in Northern California. His last visit, which took place on Sept. 24, 1957, took him 45 miles (72 km) northwest of Los Angeles to the Conejo Valley, where Dahl was offered land by Norwegian farmer Lawrence Pederson. The price tag was however too high, but his brother, Richard Pederson, approached Dahl the next day and handed him the deed to his 130-acre (53 ha) ranch property. Richard and Lawrence Pederson were the sons of Norwegian immigrants Lars and Karn Pederson, who were among the first settlers in the valley and part of the …
SAT EBRW 25%
577
SAT EBRW 75%
660
SAT Math 25th %
557
SAT Math 75th %
660
ACT Composite 25th %
23
ACT Composite 50th %
26
ACT Composite 75th %
29
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