Sidney Rand (ambassador)

Sidney Rand
United States Ambassador to Norway
In office March 4, 1980 – February 14, 1981
President	Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Louis A. Lerner
Succeeded by	Mark Evans Austad
Personal details
Born	Sidney Anders Rand ( 1916-05-09 )May 9, 1916 Eldred, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	December 16, 2003(2003-12-16) (aged 87) Northfield, Minnesota, U.S.
Spouses	Dorothy Holm Rand ​ ​ (m. 1942; died 1974)​ Lois Ekeren Rand ​ ​ (m. 1974⁠–⁠2003)​
Alma mater	Concordia College

Sidney Anders Rand (May 9, 1916 – December 16, 2003) was an American Lutheran minister, educator and college president. He served under the Carter administration as United States Ambassador to Norway from 1980 to 1981.^[1]

Rand was born in Eldred, Minnesota, to Charles W. and Alice Pedersen Rand. He lived in Beltrami and Williams, Minnesota, where his father was Superintendent of Schools. Following his father's death in 1920, the family moved to Rothsay, Minnesota, his mother's hometown.^[2] He graduated in 1938 from Concordia College, was ordained at the Lutheran Seminary in St. Paul in 1943 and served as a pastor in northern Minnesota.^[3]

Rand joined the Concordia College faculty in 1945. He was president of Waldorf College in Forest City, Iowa, from 1951 to 1956, when he became executive director of college education for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. In July 1963, he became President of St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota and served in that capacity until February, 1980, at which time he became United States Ambassador to Norway. The Norwegian government recognized Ambassador Rand for his services in promoting good relations between the two countries. He was awarded the Knight First Class — Order of St. Olav and the Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit.^[4]

1981年にミネアポリスで引退。その後、セントポールのルーサー神学校で非常勤講師を務め、経営学の大学コンサルタントを務めた。サウスダコタ州スーフォールズのオーガスタナ大学（1986～87年、1992～93年）とミシガン州ハンコックのスオミ大学（現フィンランディア大学）（1990～91年）の2つの大学で暫定学長を務めた。ランドはノルウェー系アメリカ人歴史協会の会員で 、 1987年にノースダコタ州マイノットで開催されたノルスク・ホストフェストでスカンジナビア系アメリカ人の殿堂入りを果たした^[5]。

ランド奨学生賞はセント・オラフ大学で設立されました。この賞は、大学前学長のシドニー・アンダース・ランドに敬意を表して名付けられました。^[6]