FUHS CLASS OF 1971 - WALL OF FAME

Deceased Classmate: Kurt E. Nordstrom
Date Of Birth: 1953
Date Deceased: 2016
FUHS Wall of Fame (1971)
Submitted by Bonnie Rodecker Holm

Retired Chico State professor dies

Kurt Nordstrom, a retired professor, died April 21 in his home in Colorado.
Nordstrom was a journalism professor and one of the founders of the journalism department at Chico State. He served form 1991 to 1994 as the department’s first elected chair.

Nordstrom was an advocate for diversity on campus and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Chico State in 2010 for fostering Conversations on Diversity.

He created a scholarship for gender, diversity and inclusion when he retired in 2013.