Background
Kreuter, Gretchen Von Loewe was born on May 7, 1934 in Minneapolis. Daughter of Sigmund and Marvyl (Larson) von Loewe.
(In this biography of Algie Martin Simons, a major figure ...)
In this biography of Algie Martin Simons, a major figure in the Socialist party of America, Kent and Gretchen Kreuter show the widely ranging social activities that brought Simons into touch with many of the movements and personalities of his time. As a propagandist and historian, Simons wrote the first thoroughgoing Marxist account of American history. As a journalist, he furnished Upton Sinclair with much of the material that he used in The Jungle, and as a party politician, Simons was a significant force in unifying the party, in establishing the International Workers of the World (IWW), and in trying to make socialism an acceptable alternative for the American voter. Although he broke with the party in 1917, Simons, as a teacher and a writer on industrial relations, continually struggled with the major problems that faced industrial society in the twentieth century.
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Kreuter, Gretchen Von Loewe was born on May 7, 1934 in Minneapolis. Daughter of Sigmund and Marvyl (Larson) von Loewe.
Bachelor, Rockford College, 1955. Master of Arts, University Wisconsin, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1961.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Rockford College, 1992. Doctor of Laws (honorary), College St. Mary, 1994.
Lecturer in American Studies, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, 1962-1967;
lecturer in history, College St. Catherine, St. Paul, 1969-1971;
lecturer in history, Hamline U., St. Paul, 1971-1972;
professor of history, Macalester College, St. Paul, 1972-1973;
professor of history, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1975-1980;
assistant to president, College St. Catherine, St. Paul, 1980-1984;
assistant to vice president academic affairs, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1984-1987;
president, Rockford College, Illinois, 1987-1992;
president, Olivet (Michigan) College, 1992-1993;
senior fellow, American Council Education, Washington, 1993-1994;
honorary fellow Institute for Research in Humanities, University of Wisconsin, Madison, since 1994;
interim president, College of St. Mary, Omaha, 1995-1996. Member, chairman Minnesota Humanities Council, St. Paul, 1974-1983. Member Michigan Humanities Council, 1993.
Board directors National Association State Humanities Commission, Washington, 1984-1986.
(In this biography of Algie Martin Simons, a major figure ...)
Board of directors Kobe College Corporation, Rockford Museum Center, American Council on Exercise Commision on Minorities in Higher Education, since 1991, Michigan Humanities Council, since 1993.
Married Robert L. Sutton, 1993. Children: David Karl, Betsy Ruth Rymes.