
Marvin Sellberg (ff’68-78, 82-90), passed away on Jan. 23, in McPherson, Kan. Sellberg played a major role in Tabor College’s business department, teaching over two decades.
Visitation is Saturday, Feb. 8, from 5-7 p.m., at Stockham Funeral Home in McPherson. The memorial service is Monday, Feb. 10, at 10:30 a.m. at McPherson Free Methodist Church.
As a Tabor professor, he was active in the Associated Colleges of Central Kansas and the Kansas Wheat Commission. In 1974, he attended the World Food Conference in Rome, Italy, and presented on such topics as the “Perspective of a Farmer on Hunger” at later conferences. He was known as a man with a big heart, and many of his students affectionately referred to themselves as “his disciples.”
“Marvin’s legacy is imprinted on business leaders and entrepreneurs globally,” said President David Janzen, Ph.D. “His dedication to the classroom and care for his students was instrumental in helping shape the Tabor business major into what it is today.”
In fall 2023, donors honored him with one of Tabor’s first three endowed professorships. Melinda Rangel, Ed.D., was awarded the Marvin Sellberg Professor of Business Administration & Entrepreneurship.
Sellberg was a 1946 graduate of Central College and received his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago in 1949. After spending his first ten years at Tabor, Sellberg taught four years at McPherson College before returning to Hillsboro in 1982.