1960
Pacific Lutheran College becomes Pacific Lutheran University,
and the athletic name changes
from Gladiators to Knights.
The Philip Hauge Administration Building, originally called Tacoma-Pierce Administration, is built. Administrative offices are moved to this building, and classrooms are upstairs.
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An east wing, housing the Chris Knutzen Fellowship Hall, is added to the College Union Building.
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1962
 
Robert A.L. Mortvedt becomes the PLU president.
Relieving some of the president's duties, A. Dean Buchanan becomes the first business manager.
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1963
In May, alumnus Luther Jerstad becomes 1 of the first 3 Americans to climb Mt. Everest. He is honored by PLU in October and in 1964 receives the Distinguished Alumnus Award.
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 In the summer, the Choir of the West tours Europe for the first time.
This is Malmin's last major tour with the choir; afterward, Maurice Skones becomes the choir director and music department chair.
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A hopeful phone call from President Mortvedt to Senator Henry M. Jackson brings John F. Kennedy, President of the United States, to a combined convocation address for PLU and UPS at Cheney Stadium on 27 September. Four thousand students, as well as local and state dignitaries, attend.
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When school starts, dancing is allowed for the first time on campus. The first dance, the Freshman Ball, is held in September and is well attended.
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Philip A. Nordquist joins the history faculty.
As of 2001 he is still teaching and is the PLU centennial historian.
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Construction of Pflueger Hall, the first dormitory on lower campus, and the Columbia Center, housing a café, golf shop, and other various things, is also finished. Construction of these 2 buildings kicks off a decade-long building streak, ending with 10 new buildings by 1970, almost as many as had been built in the previous 70 years.
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1964
Workers start building he second lower campus dormitory, Foss Hall (named for Board of Regents member Dr. Halfdan L. Foss).
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