The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) is pleased to salute residents Jenny and Luther Erickson on the creation of a new professorship at Grinnell College in their honor: The Luther & Jenny Erickson Endowed Professor of Chemistry.
The initial professorship has been awarded to Leslie Lyons, professor of chemistry. She is pictured with Jenny and Luther.
The Ericksons moved to Grinnell in 1962 when Luther accepted a chemistry professorship at the College. He retired in 2003 after 41 years in the classroom and lab. He is now a professor emeritus of chemistry. Jenny retired as Director of the College Forum and the Harris Center in 1997 after serving for 20 years. As a team, they worked with thousands of Grinnell College students over the years while also playing a strategic part in Grinnell by serving as community volunteers.
Jenny and Luther have lived in a Mayflower Community Harwich Terrace patio home since May of 2014. Jenny just completed her sixth year as a member of the Mayflower Community Board of Trustees. Luther has been active in the Tuesday/Thursday morning coffee group that has wrestled with some of the world’s weightier problems. In addition, he has been the official photographer for The Log, the quarterly publication of the Mayflower Residents Association.
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