{"id":5902,"date":"2026-07-10T11:49:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T16:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/?page_id=5902"},"modified":"2026-09-18T19:06:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T00:06:58","slug":"olaf-millert-no-newspaper-clipping","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/olaf-millert-no-newspaper-clipping\/","title":{"rendered":"Olaf Millert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_pb_section--with-menu et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_row--with-menu et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_pb_column--with-menu 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class=\"header-content-container center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Olaf Millert<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_header_content_wrapper\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_pb_more_button et_pb_button_one\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/sophia-hayes\/\">By Ella Nielsen<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_scroll\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_2 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_heading et_pb_heading_0 et_pb_bg_layout_\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h1 class=\"et_pb_module_heading\">Overview<\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olaf Millert was a deeply beloved Professor at St. Olaf for 43 years. His impact on students and fellow faculty alike was widespread and long-lasting, cementing his legacy in both the Northfield and St. Olaf communities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olaf Millert was born on September 6, 1924, in Tallinn, Estonia. His family\u2019s home was destroyed by a Soviet Air Force terror attack during World War II, which destroyed much of the city and killed thousands. Millert\u2019s father, a successful businessman, was forced to flee to a nearby farm to avoid Soviet capture. Millert and his mother remained in Tallinn so he could continue his education. In 1944, with the Soviet army advancing across Estonia, Olaf and his parents left Estonia and fled to Germany. They remained there for several years as refugees in Displaced Persons camps.<\/span><sup><a href=\"#fn\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">1<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was there in Erlangen, Germany, that Millert continued his studies at Friedrich Alexander University. He studied there for three years. In 1949, Millert received sponsorship through the Lutheran World Federation to study in the United States. He attended Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, receiving his Bachelor of Arts in 1950 and a Master's Degree from the University of South Dakota. Millert continued graduate studies at the University of Minnesota before receiving his PhD from Harvard University.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olaf Millert became a US citizen in 1955 and continued his scholarly pursuits as a Fulbright visiting professor at the University of Tampere in Finland, and was also a guest research scholar at the University of Strasbourg in France.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1702\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-24-at-10.06.36-AM.jpg\" class=\"et_pb_lightbox_image\" title=\"Olaf Millert\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap has-box-shadow-overlay\"><div class=\"box-shadow-overlay\"><\/div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"818\" height=\"1136\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1702\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-24-at-10.06.36-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Olaf Millert\" title=\"Olaf Millert\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1702\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-24-at-10.06.36-AM.jpg 818w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1702\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-24-at-10.06.36-AM-480x667.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 818px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-4615\" \/><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_3 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1702\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-10-at-9.34.50-AM.jpg\" class=\"et_pb_lightbox_image\" title=\"Olaf Millert\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap has-box-shadow-overlay\"><div class=\"box-shadow-overlay\"><\/div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"880\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1702\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-10-at-9.34.50-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Olaf Millert\" title=\"Olaf Millert\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1702\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-10-at-9.34.50-AM.jpg 668w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1702\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-10-at-9.34.50-AM-480x632.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 668px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-5917\" \/><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_heading et_pb_heading_1 et_pb_bg_layout_\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h1 class=\"et_pb_module_heading\">Millert and St. Olaf<\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At St. Olaf, Professor Millert was impactful and well-loved. He founded the St. Olaf Psychology Department in 1960, and in 1969 was promoted to full professor. He taught personality and social psychology until his retirement in 1995. Millert was also the Fulbright Program Advisor and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coordinator of the Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows Program. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Millert has three endowments at St. Olaf: the G. Allport Award, which goes to two psychology students, the Juta R. Millert Memorial Speaker Series in Psychology, which supports an annual lecture and is named for his wife, and the Olaf and Juta Millert Endowment, intended for Estonian students to study at St. Olaf, but has also helped support students from neighboring countries.<\/span><sup><a href=\"#fn\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">2<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>Professor Millert maintained extended connections with his students, retaining correspondence with them long after their graduation. As the Millerts did not have children of their own, students were an integral part of the family.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In these ways, Olaf Millert left a profound impact on the St. Olaf community, inspiring and supporting students, and cultivating lifelong friendships that enriched students' lives beyond their time on campus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_4 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"fn\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_5 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fn\" class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Sources<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDr. Olaf W. Millert Obituary\u201d, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minnesota Star Tribune<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, February 16, 2017, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/obituaries.startribune.com\/obituary\/dr-olaf-w-millert-1090208623\">https:\/\/obituaries.startribune.com\/. <\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Paula Skaggs, \u201cPsychology Dept. Founder Honored at Harvard University,\u201d <i style=\"font-size: 14px;\">The Manitou Messenger\u00a0 <\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Northfield, MN), April 8th, 2011,\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dlib.eastview.com\/browse\/doc\/44512764\">https:\/\/dlib.eastview.com\/browse\/doc\/44512764.<\/a><\/span> (Link requires St. Olaf login)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDr. Olaf W. Millert Obituary\u201d, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minnesota Star Tribune<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, February 16, 2017, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/obituaries.startribune.com\/obituary\/dr-olaf-w-millert-1090208623\">https:\/\/obituaries.startribune.com\/.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_left et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_0 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/research-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bibliography<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_6 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_3  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0a0909;\">Photos<\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Olaf Millert, gelatin silver print, Folder \"Millert, Dr. Olaf\", Northfield Historical Center, Northfield, MN.<\/li>\n<li>\"Millert,\" Viking Yearbook, St. Olaf College, 1967, p.69<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div 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