Alumnus Donates Hood to NALSA in Memory of Classmate Creighton Robertson
“He [Robertson] impressed me with his calm demeanor and maturity,” Krueger said. “This fine man deserves to be remembered.”
Krueger specified that the hood belongs to NALSA and encouraged that they consider awarding the use of it to one NALSA member to wear at commencement each year to honor Robertson. The university has since approved the use of the hood in commencement exercises.
Krueger and Robertson were in law school together at the USD School of Law from 1972-1975. Robertson, a member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate tribe, graduated with his J.D. in 1976. After graduation, he worked in private practice and served as the attorney for the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate and as a tribal judge. He was also the first law-trained magistrate in tribal courts. In 1994, Robertson became the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota, marking the first time in history that the diocese of South Dakota was served by a Native American diocesan bishop.
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