Dr. Paul J. Dovre was President of Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, from 1975 until his retirement in 1999. He was a visiting scholar at Harvard Universty in 1992, 1999-2000, and 2005-2006. Active in the Lutheran Church, Dovre served as vice chair of the Lutheran Council in the USA, a member of the Commission for a New Lutheran Church, and a member of the ELCA delegation to the Lutheran World Federation Assembly in 1990. The government of Norway designated Dovre Knight, First Class, of the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav. He holds honorary degress from Wartburg, Luther, St. Olaf, and Concordia colleges as well as Capital University.
