Ohlson, Algoth
Person
Biography
Algoth Ohlson became the third president of North Park in 1924. He was an ordained minister in the Covenant Church and served churches in Danbury and Bridgeport, Connecticut; Lowell, Massachusetts; and Chicago, Illinois before coming to North Park. Under his leadership the college became a respected junior college, and the seminary increased its academic standards.
Algoth Ohlson replaced David Nyvall as president in 1924 and served for twenty-five years, encompassing the prosperous twenties, the depression-ridden thirties, and the war and post-war periods of the forties.