Augustana College on Monday officially opened its latest addition to the campus: the Peter J. Lindberg, M.D., Center for Health and Human Performance.
The Lindberg Center houses the college’s kinesiology and public health programs. It is also equipped with an indoor swimming pool that will be used by college athletes, including the new men’s and women’s water polo teams.
“It is our hope and prayer that this building will shape generations of Augustana College students as they grow in mind, body and spirit,” Augustana College President Steven Bahls said Monday during a ribbon cutting for the new center.
The center’s namesake was a 1961 graduate of Augustana. He went to medical school at the University of Chicago. His professional career was largely at Los Alamos Medical Center, in Los Alamos, N.M.; then he went to work for Albuquerque’s New Mexico Cancer Center. He also served in the U.S. Air Force in the 1960s after completing school.
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“He had a deep, deep interest in holistic health and lived a life that represents the very best of a liberally educated person” Bahls said. “He spent his career helping thousands of persons and patients as an oncologist.”
The center is located on 7th Avenue at 35th Street on the northern portion of the campus.
It is a 52,000-square-foot building that cost $18 million, according to the college. Its academic and administrative spaces include five classrooms, two laboratories, study areas and offices for the swimming and water polo teams.
The pool has 10 lanes, is 7 feet deep and includes a diving well. There is room for 250 people in the surrounding seating.
“Just as Dr. Lindberg ’s life touched so many lives, so will this building,” Bahls said.
Though the building opened Monday, there was still some work under way. The pool was unfinished.
College spokeswoman Kirby Stockwell said it was expected to be complete by October.
The funding for the center included a $10 million donation from the Austin E. Knowlton Foundation, Stockwell said. The other $8 million was raised through other donors and alumni.
Photos: Ribbon cutting ceremony for Augustana's Lindberg Center
Augustana College Vice President of Academic Affairs, Provost and Dean of the College Wendy Hilton-Morrow speaks during a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open the 52,000-square-foot Peter J. Lindberg, M.D., Center for Health and Human Performance at the college Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in Rock Island.
Augustana President Steve Bahls speaks during a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open the 52,000-square-foot Peter J. Lindberg, M.D., Center for Health and Human Performance at the college Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in Rock Island.
Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Dr. Monica Smith speaks during a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open the 52,000-square-foot Peter J. Lindberg, M.D., Center for Health and Human Performance at Augustana College Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in Rock Island.
Augustana College faculty cut the ribbon to officially open the 52,000-square-foot Peter J. Lindberg, M.D., Center for Health and Human Performance at the college Monday in Rock Island.
Augustana College faculty cut the ribbon to officially open the 52,000-square-foot Peter J. Lindberg, M.D., Center for Health and Human Performance at the college Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in Rock Island.
The new swimming pool as seen inside the 52,000-square-foot Peter J. Lindberg, M.D., Center for Health and Human Performance at Augustana College.
A plaque in honor of Anne Greve Lund is seen inside the 52,000-square-foot Peter J. Lindberg, M.D., Center for Health and Human Performance at Augustana College Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in Rock Island.
A weight room as seen inside the 52,000-square-foot Peter J. Lindberg, M.D., Center for Health and Human Performance at Augustana College Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in Rock Island.
An Augustan Viking logo is seen inside the 52,000-square-foot Peter J. Lindberg, M.D., Center for Health and Human Performance at Augustana College Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in Rock Island.
A plaque in honor of Aben Emile Cooper is seen inside the 52,000-square-foot Peter J. Lindberg, M.D., Center for Health and Human Performance at Augustana College Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in Rock Island.
Exercise machines are seen inside the 52,000-square-foot Peter J. Lindberg, M.D., Center for Health and Human Performance at Augustana College Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in Rock Island.
A classroom inside the 52,000-square-foot Peter J. Lindberg, M.D., Center for Health and Human Performance at Augustana College Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in Rock Island.
Students walks on the upper level inside the 52,000-square-foot Peter J. Lindberg, M.D., Center for Health and Human Performance at Augustana College Monday in Rock Island.
A mindfulness & well-being space inside the 52,000-square-foot Peter J. Lindberg, M.D., Center for Health and Human Performance at Augustana College Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in Rock Island.
Students and faculty walk throughout the second level of the 52,000-square-foot Peter J. Lindberg, M.D., Center for Health and Human Performance at Augustana College Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in Rock Island.
Students lounge inside the 52,000-square-foot Peter J. Lindberg, M.D., Center for Health and Human Performance at Augustana College Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in Rock Island.
Photos: Augustana move-in day
Kacper Cebula, of Huntley, right, unpacks items for his dorm room during Augustana College’s move-in day Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at Westerlin Hall in Rock Island.
Students and parents walk through the halls carrying various items during Augustana College’s move-in day Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at Westerlin Hall in Rock Island.
Tommy Brooks, of Plainfield, carries bags to his dorm during Augustana College’s move-in day Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at Westerlin Hall in Rock Island.
Trisha Cooper, of Ottawa, unpacks items for her son’s dorm during Augustana College’s move-in day Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at Westerlin Hall in Rock Island.
Lisa and George Larsen help their son Chase, all of Arlington Heights, during Augustana College’s move-in day Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at Westerlin Hall in Rock Island.
Trisha Cooper and her son Anthony, both of Ottawa, unpack items for the dorm room during Augustana College’s move-in day Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at Westerlin Hall in Rock Island.
Carter White and his father Eddie, of Carol Stream, attempt to secure items inside the dorm room during Augustana College’s move-in day Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at Westerlin Hall in Rock Island.
Nicole White, of Carol Stream, unpacks her son’s clothes during Augustana College’s move-in day Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at Westerlin Hall in Rock Island.
A student carries a lamp through the hallway during Augustana College’s move-in day Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at Westerlin Hall in Rock Island.
Cal Wing, of Denver, unpacks his closet during Augustana College’s move-in day Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at Westerlin Hall in Rock Island.
Chyna Denato, of East Moline, grabs various cleaning items out of her bins during Augustana College’s move-in day Thursday, Aug. 26, at Westerlin Hall in Rock Island.
Elise Brenner, of Downers Grove, makes her bed during Augustana College’s move-in day Thursday, Aug. 26, at Westerlin Hall in Rock Island.
Chyna Denato, of East Moline, proudly displays a glass made by high school friends inside her dorm room during Augustana College’s move-in day Thursday, Aug. 26, at Westerlin Hall in Rock Island.
Max Rybchuk, of Glenview, walks with items for his new dorm room during Augustana College’s move-in day Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at Westerlin Hall in Rock Island.
Max Rybchuk, of Glenview, walks with items for his new dorm room during Augustana College’s move-in day Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at Westerlin Hall in Rock Island.
Ashton Bond, 13, of Denver, helps carry his brother’s clothes into the new dorm room during Augustana College’s move-in day Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at Westerlin Hall in Rock Island.
Students and parents carrying various items walk towards the dorm rooms during Augustana College’s move-in day Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at Westerlin Hall in Rock Island.
Madison Erpelding, of Bettendorf, and Dante Rinaldi, of Gurnee, carry items for Rinaldi’s new dorm room during Augustana College’s move-in day Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at Westerlin Hall in Rock Island.
Students carry items into the their dorm rooms during Augustana College’s move-in day Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at Westerlin Hall in Rock Island.
Students and parents carrying various items walk towards the dorm rooms during Augustana College’s move-in day Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at Westerlin Hall in Rock Island.
Natalie Yoder, of St. Louis, breaks down boxes outside the dorms during Augustana College’s move-in day Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at Westerlin Hall in Rock Island.
