FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BOOS HONORED WITH OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARD
ANN ARBOR, Mich. April 20, 2007– Dr. Manfred B. Boos, 1968 graduate of Concordia Lutheran Junior College, now Concordia University–Ann Arbor (CUAA), will be awarded the Outstanding Alumnus Award on Saturday, May 5 at 10:00 a.m. during CUAA’s spring commencement ceremony.
The Outstanding Alumnus Award honors a graduate of Concordia for reflecting in their life and career the values upon which the university is founded.
Boos currently serves as senior vice president for Academics and is a distinguished professor of Mathematics at Concordia University–Chicago where he has served as a member of the faculty for twenty-seven years.
Boos was born in Kirchheim-Teck, Germany and immigrated to the United States with his parents and two brothers in 1952. During his years of ministry he has served on committees, boards and as chair of several congregations. Fred is married to Sharon, a fellow educator, and has two children, Brian and Heidi and one grandchild, Nikolaus. He and Sharon reside in Oak Park, IL.
Concordia University – Ann Arbor is a liberal arts institution of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. With a distinctly Christian environment and an academic community dedicated to excellence, CUAA offers a broad range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs through its four schools – School of Arts and Sciences, School of Education, Haab School of Business and Management, and School of Adult and Continuing Education. CUAA is accredited by NCA, the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, and was among the first colleges to be accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) under the new 2000 standards. For more information on Concordia University-Ann Arbor, visit: www.cuaa.edu
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