Dr. Clark Tufte first became acquainted with Oak Grove in 1951 when as a freshman from Ada, Minnesota he attended a youth retreat on campus. It was a high point of his adolescence to be with others in a faith event and to learn that the Lutheran Free Church had a high school like Oak Grove. Clark earned a BA degree from Concordia College and a masters and doctorate in education at the University of North Dakota. He was a teacher in grades three through 12 for 19 years; taught at the college level for 26 and served as a school administrator for eight years. In 1978, Dr. Tufte was called to serve at Oak Grove. During the next two years he taught and helped organize the newly established seventh and eighth grade program. Clark was called back to Oak Grove in 1993 and served for another three years as academic dean as well as one of the junior high teachers. Clark’s passion is providing education to a child where developing faith is the central core. Dr. Tufte says, “Faith formation is the important alternative that Oak Grove offers. Early founders did not organize Oak Grove to have better science, math or English than other schools. They wanted a faith based education for their children. That is still a parent’s reason for sending a child here.”