Jim Lindgren (left) and his wife, Jan, unveil the plaque honoring his brother in the Kenneth E. Lindgren Math Tutoring Center at Cal State Long Beach.
Former Cal State Long Beach water polo coach and math instructor Ken Lindgren was remembered Nov. 5 with a pair of recognition events on campus. The legacy of Lindgren, who passed away on Oct. 11, 2013, will live on at the university through an endowment totaling $750,000, split between his two passions.
Cal State Long Beach Provost David Dowell (left) introduces former math department chair Charles Austin (right) at the dedication ceremony of the Kenneth E. Lindgren Math Tutoring Center.
In the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, the tutoring center has been renamed the Kenneth E. Lindgren Math Tutoring Center. With the endowment’s help, a stipend will help pay for a dedicated faculty director to ensure quality tutoring and to continually improve services to meet student needs. In addition, an annual scholarship in Lindgren’s name will reward the top graduate teaching assistant in the department each year to encourage teaching math as a career. Former Cal State Long Beach math department chair Charles Austin (right) talks at the dedication ceremony of the Kenneth E. Lindgren Math Tutoring Center. Austin hired Lindgren in 1985.
The 49er aquatic complex, where he spent much of his career, has been renamed the Kenneth E. Lindgren Aquatics Center, and several capital improvements are underway. Kinesiology classes and programs held in the aquatics center will also benefit from the renovations made possible by this gift. He also endowed an annual scholarship for an eligible CSULB men’s water polo player.
Source: CSULB
