college was the site of the theft of the Lipinski Stradivarius violin in 2014. On January 27, 2014, violin owner Frank Almond was assaulted in the parking lot of the college after giving a performance there. The violin was stolen and a $100,000 reward was offered for its return. It was eventually recovered a week later and the thieves were arrested.
== Campus ==
The Wisconsin Lutheran College campus consists of the Gary J. Greenfield Administration Building, the Campus Center, the Center for Arts and Performance, the Marvin M. Schwan Library building, the Science Hall (renamed Generac Hall in May 2011), a recreational center, two dormitories, and several apartment buildings near campus owned by the school.
The Gary J. Greenfield Administration Building was built in the 1880s under the supervision of Milwaukee architect, Alexander Eschweiler. It served as the home of a Catholic boys', then girls' school for many years until it was bought by Wisconsin Lutheran College in the early 1970s.
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