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Hanson Chair

College receives $1.5M from John Deere Foundation for data analytics

Augustana College will receive a $1.5 million grant from the John Deere Foundation to establish the Robert A. Hanson Endowed Chair in Data Analytics. He was a 1948 graduate of Augustana who had a 40-year career with Deere and served as CEO from 1982-1990.