Donald P. Hustad

HUSTAD, Donald Paul. b. Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, USA, 2 Oct 1918; d. La Grange, Illinois, 22 June 2013. He was the elder of two sons born to Clara and Peter Hustad. Peter was killed in a hunting accident just after Don’s first birthday and before the birth of Don’s brother, Wesley. Following this tragedy, the family resided at Boone Biblical College and Associated Institutions in Iowa. On 28 Nov 1942, he married Ruth Lorraine McKeag (1920-2013). They were parents of three daughters, Donna, Sondra, and Marcia. Educator Hustad earned degrees from John Fletcher College (BA, 1940) and Northwestern University (MM, 1945; DMus, 1963) and studied organ with Jean Langlais* during a...