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Plaudits pour in as Gordon Iseminger, retired UND history professor, receives State Historical Society of North Dakota\u2019s top award<\/h4>\n
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This archive photo from 1988 shows History Professor Gordon Iseminger in his book-lined office at UND. Last week, the now-retired Iseminger was given the Heritage Profile Honor Award, the State Historical Society of North Dakota’s highest honor. UND archival image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cAs a student of history myself, I have very few regrets in life,\u201d said the speaker in the tribute video to Gordon Iseminger, retired UND history professor.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut one regret I do have is that as someone who went to North Dakota State versus UND, I never had the opportunity to take a class from you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kind words. And the fact that they were delivered by Doug Burgum, governor of North Dakota, lent majesty to the occasion, which was the ceremony conferring upon Iseminger the State Historical Society of North Dakota\u2019s top award.<\/p>\n

And the governor wasn\u2019t alone. Also congratulating Iseminger in the video were North Dakota\u2019s U.S. senators, John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer \u2014 \u201cDr. Iseminger, your contributions to the study and promotion of history are as rich as history itself,\u201d Sen. Cramer said \u2014 as well as North Dakota Congressman Kelly Armstrong and UND President Andy Armacost, who also attended the ceremony in Grand Forks.<\/p>\n

\u201cGordon, we\u2019re so very proud of you,\u201d Armacost said in the video. \u201cCongratulations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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At the Myra Museum in Grand Forks last week, Gordon Iseminger (left), retired Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor of History at UND, was given the Heritage Profile Honor Award by Bill Peterson, director of the State Historical Society of North Dakota. Image courtesy of Matt Dunlevy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Heritage Profile Honor Award<\/h4>\n

The State Historical Society named Iseminger, UND Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor of History, as the recipient of this year’s Heritage Profile Honor Award, the most prestigious award that the Society gives.<\/p>\n

Iseminger accepted the award at a ceremony on Aug. 24 at the Grand Forks Myra Museum.<\/p>\n

Iseminger retired in 2019 after 57 years of teaching at UND. At the time, he was the state of North Dakota\u2019s longest-serving employee.<\/p>\n

Along with teaching, Iseminger has been a prolific researcher. Over the years he has won numerous awards, including UND\u2019s Outstanding Teacher Award, the Center for Western Studies Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Preservation of the Heritage of the Northern Great Plains, and the Larry Rowen Remelle Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Northern Great Plains History Conference.<\/p>\n

But despite his long list of honors, \u201cI never even gave a thought that I might be considered for this one,\u201d the Heritage Profile Honor Award, Iseminger said in an interview with UND Today.<\/p>\n

\u201cWow. So I was really taken aback when I received word that I had gotten this award.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iseminger was named a Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor, UND\u2019s highest faculty honor, in 2003. In his letter of reference for that award, UND History Department Chair Jim Mochoruk \u2014 who shared the letter with UND Today \u2014 noted several aspects of Iseminger\u2019s character and career that stood out.<\/p>\n

For one thing, Iseminger early on pioneered the study of popular culture, ethnic history, local history and environmental history \u2014 \u201cfour fields of historical inquiry which were barely in their infancy in the 1960s, but would come to dominate the profession,\u201d Mochoruk noted.<\/p>\n

For another, Iseminger kept reinventing himself, researching and writing in depth and in entirely new fields long after he could have rested upon his full professorship and other laurels.<\/p>\n

For example, Iseminger had been at UND for close to 40 years when he began researching Orin G. Libby, the first chair of UND\u2019s History department. Yet over the course of that work, wrote Mochoruk, \u201cI have seen several audiences spell-bound as Dr. Iseminger introduced them to the man who, more than any single individual, shaped the researching and writing of North Dakota history.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then there was Iseminger\u2019s collegiality: his respectful treatment of colleagues, readiness to help with civic and departmental projects and love for the idea of the university. \u201c\u2018Distinguished\u2019 is indeed the only word that describes his career at UND, and I hope you will cap it for him by conferring precisely that official status upon him,\u201d Mochoruk wrote.<\/p>\n

North Dakota’s history all-stars<\/h4>\n

This year, Iseminger was nominated for the Heritage Profile Honor Award by Matt Dunlevy, a former student who\u2019s now CEO and chairman of SkySkopes and a State Historical Society board member.<\/p>\n

\u201cI enjoy some success in the world of business,\u201d Dunlevy said in the tribute video, which he produced for the award ceremony.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I absolutely attribute it to the skills that you taught me in undergraduate and graduate courses in the University of North Dakota\u2019s Department of History.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those classes, and the office hours where student and professor would talk, are \u201cexperiences I would trade for nothing in this world,\u201d Dunlevy continued.<\/p>\n

Previous recipients of the Heritage Profile Honor Award include the late Elwyn J. Robinson, former UND history professor and author of \u201cHistory of North Dakota\u201d; the late Jerome Tweton, UND Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor of History; and former North Dakota governors Allen Olson, William Guy and Art Link.<\/p>\n

Distinguished company for Gordon Iseminger, right?<\/p>\n

\u201cYou bet,\u201d Dunlevy said after the ceremony.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd now they\u2019re in great company, too.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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