Letter from William W. Jellema, President of Wartburg College to Kathryn Koob, March 31, 1980
The Vigil Light for the Hostages on top of Old Main on the campus of Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa
On February 12, 1981, Kathryn Koob extinguished the Vigil Light on top of Wartburg College’s Old Main, which had been burning for one year and one day during the Iran Hostage Crisis
Kathryn Koob with Wartburg president Robert Vogel in Knight's Gym for a Service of Celebration and Thanksgiving, February 12, 1981
On the 100th day of the hostages’ captivity, Wartburg College lit a Vigil Light on top of Old Main, the oldest building on campus.
One year and one day following its lighting, Kathryn Koob visited campus for a Celebration of Freedom and Thanksgiving. Part of the festivities included her pulling a cord to extinguish the Vigil Light, in further celebration of her recent release from Iran.
