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He was named the first director of International Studies (now the Office of International and Off-Campus Studies) in 1966.
His numerous accolades included being awarded the St. Olav Medal by the King of Norway in 1977, and seeing the building that houses the college’s Art and Art History and Dance departments named in his honor in 2002.
The short film Prisoner 32,232 chronicles Dittmann’s arrest in his native Norway by German occupation forces and his subsequent survival of Buchenwald concentration camp during World War II.
After the war he was a frequent lecturer on the Holocaust, and took part in the opening ceremonies of the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.
For more about Dittmann read his obituary, stories by Minnesota Public Radio and the Star Tribune, plus the story “Renaissance Man” in the spring 2005 issue of St.
He was 88 years old. Interned in Buchenwald Camp, 1943-1945.
Served with Norwegian Army Intelligence, 1945. In 1952 he took his first group of St. Olaf students abroad (12 countries in 72 days), and by 1954 he was leading such tours annually. Member Norwegian-American History Association (executive board), Society Advancement Scandinavian Studies, College Art Association, Phi Beta Kappa.
A memorial service will be held at St. John's Lutheran Church in Northfield Saturday, January 8, at 2 p.m.
Dittmann, who joined the St. Olaf faculty in 1947, is perhaps best known for having founded, alongside the late Ansgar Sovik '34, St. Olaf’s respected international studies program. Son of Gustav Adolf and Solveig (Tovsen) Dittmann.
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Professional History
Architect, Naramore, Bain, Brady and Johanson (NBBJ), Architects, c.
Education
Student, Oslo Conservatory, Oslo U., 1941-1943; Bachelor of Music, St.
Olaf College, 1947; Bachelor of Arts, St. Olaf College, 1949; Master of Arts, University Washington, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, University Washington, 1975.
Career
Member of faculty, St Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1946-1993; director international studies, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1964-1975; professor art and Norwegian, director galleries, St.
Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1975-1987; retired, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, since 1987. Served with Norwegian Resistance, 1941-1943. Olaf Magazine.
Contact David Gonnerman at 507-786-3315 or [email protected].
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Consultant Minneapolis Institute Arts.Achievements
Reidar Dittmann has been listed as a noteworthy Art educator by Marquis Who's Who.
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Chairman Rice County Democratic-Farmer Labor Party, 1961-1962.
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'Renaissance Man' Reidar Dittmann '47 dies
By David Gonnerman '90
December 30, 2010
Reidar Dittmann '47, professor emeritus of art and Norwegian and the first director of International Studies at St. Olaf, died while in hospice care in Minneapolis Wednesday, December 29.
Children: Reidar, Solveig, Rolf, Kristin, Lisa.
- Father:
- Gustav Adolf Dittmann
- Mother:
- Solveig (Tovsen) Dittmann
- Spouse:
- Chrisma J. Skoien
- child:
- Solveig Dittmann
- child:
- Rolf Dittmann
- child:
- Lisa Dittmann
- child:
- Kristin Dittmann
- child:
- Reidar Dittmann
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His release was obtained by the Swedes, and he ultimately made his way to the US, where he became a Professor at Saint Olaf. Recipient award for inter-religious service Jewish Community Council, 1968; decorated St. Olav medal Norway.
Connections
Married Chrisma J. Skoien, December 18, 1947. 2010-present;
Education
B.A., Saint Olaf College, Northfield, MN; M.Arch., University of Washington, Seattle, WA;
Personal
His father, Reidar Dittmann, Sr., (1922-2010) was born in Norway and became a renowned Professor of Art and Norwegian Studies (1947-1993) and the first Director of International Studies at Saint Olaf College, Northfield, MN; During World War II, Dittmann, Sr., was arrested on three occasions in Norway and finally shipped by the Nazis to the Buchenwald Concentration Camp in 1942 where he was detained for 30 months.
Came to the United States, 1945, naturalized, 1950. Dittman, Sr., married Chrisma Skoien of Chippewa Falls, WI; their first two years together were spent as teachers in an Ethiopian High School; Reidar, Jr., was born there; three other children were born in the US: Rolf, Kristin and Solveig Dittmann.
While studying music, Dittmann met and married Chrisma Skoien of Chippewa Falls, Wis.
The couple spent two years teaching high school in Ethiopia, where their oldest son, Reidar Jr., was born.
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Reidar Dittmann
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Reidar Dittmann, Norwegian art educator, educator.