{"id":25540,"date":"2023-02-27T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=25540"},"modified":"2023-01-25T15:11:44","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T21:11:44","slug":"warhawk-almanac-the-opening-of-the-alumni-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/25540","title":{"rendered":"Warhawk Almanac: The Opening of the Alumni Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater we love our alumni, but they did not have a separate building until 1979 when \u201cplans for the Alumni Center\u2026met final approval.\u201d Construction began \u201cas soon as the frost [was] out of the ground in April; and a tentative completion date [was] set for sometime in August.\u201d [1]<\/a> The original plan was for the Alumni Center to be attached to Hyer Hall and bring it back to its Old Main glory and size. [2]<\/a> Instead a building was constructed just west of Hyer Hall [3]<\/a> and built to resemble Old Main. [4]<\/a> The building is 1,970 square feet, and houses \u201cthe officers of the alumni association and foundation.\u201d [5]<\/a> The basement space is set up to display \u201cvarious handpaintings or campus landmarks\u201d and \u201cpictures of distinguished alumni.\u201d [6]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Alumni Center with dedication plaque of Old Main
UW-Madison Digital Archives Collection, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The newly built Alumni Center was dedicated on Sunday, April 26, marking the 7th annual observance of Founders Day. The dedication took place at 3pm and the general public was invited. Remarks and speeches were given by Wallace E. Zastrow, director of University Relations, Chancellor James R. Connor, former Chancellors William L. Carter and Walker D. Wyman, architects Mark Pfaller and Roger Herbst, Del McGinnis, Alumni Association president, George A. Lambert, president of Wisconsin Board of Regents, and George A. Lambert, president of the UW-Whitewater Foundation. Festivities also included music by the UW-Whitewater Concert Choir and luncheon at the University Center with a speech by Dr. Robert M. O\u2019Neil, the UW System President. [7]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Dedication of Alumni Center, 1981, in 1982 Minnieska (Whitewater: University of Wisconsin Whitewater, 1982), 59.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

[1]<\/a> University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, \u201cAlumni Center approved; construction begins in April,\u201d The Royal Purple<\/em> (Whitewater), February 20, 1980.
[2]<\/a> University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, \u201cAnother year, more changes,\u201d The Royal Purple <\/em>(Whitewater), August 29, 1979.
[3]<\/a> University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, \u201cCampus plan nears approval,\u201d The Royal Purple <\/em>(Whitewater), October 31, 1979.
[4]<\/a> University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, \u201cAnother year, more changes,\u201d The Royal Purple<\/em> (Whitewater), August 29, 1979.
[5]<\/a> University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, \u201cAnother year, more changes,\u201d The Royal Purple<\/em> (Whitewater), August 29, 1979.
[6]<\/a> University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, \u201cAnother year, more changes,\u201d The Royal Purple <\/em>(Whitewater), August 29, 1979.
[7]<\/a> \u201cAlumni Center Dedication Eyed,\u201d The Whitewater Register<\/em> (Whitewater), April 16, 1981.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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