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Alumni Reunion Features Hockey History
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JULY 29, 2004 -- Alumni and friends from across the nation will visit Michigan Tech Aug. 5-7 to mark Alumni Reunion 2004.
All alumni and friends are invited to participate. Honored class years include Golden Ms (50-plus years since graduation), 1954, 1964, 1974, 1979, 1984 and 1994. In addition, women's basketball will be spotlighted, with players and friends attending rom all classes.
Highlights among this year's festivities will be the kick-off pasty picnic, numerous class-year gatherings, a campus open house, a presentation on the history of hockey in the Copper Country, the alumni awards dinner, a golf outing, the women's basketball alumni game, and the 50th anniversary celebration of the Ford Forestry Center. The full schedule can be found at http://www.mtu.edu/alumni/ .
Everyone is encouraged to preregister for reunion events. Tickets for most events will be available for walk-up guests at the registration desk in the Keweenaw Commons area of the Memorial Union. In addition, the Keweenaw Chapter of Alumni and Friends will have an information station set up nearby with materials on Michigan Tech.
The pasty picnic begins at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 5, outside the Memorial Union. The picnic includes pasties, potato salad, watermelon, dessert and beverages. Hot dogs and hamburgers are available for kids. Tickets are available at the registration desk.
All alumni and friends are invited to the rise-and-shine husky breakfast buffet and presidential address at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 6, in Ballroom A of the Memorial Union. President Glenn Mroz will be the host. Tickets are available at the registration desk.
Everyone is welcome to the university campus picnic, which starts Friday at 11:30 a.m. outside the Memorial Union. The menu includes Vollwerth's hot dogs, brats, burgers, huli huli chicken, vegetarian baked beans, lots of side dishes, beverages and desserts. Tickets are $6.25 at the picnic.
Starting at 1:30 p.m. and continuing through 3 p.m. on Friday afternoon, academic departments will be holding department open houses and tours. You can also visit the Rozsa Center, the Seaman Mineral Museum, the Student Development Complex and the Memorial Union Building.
Hockey History Talk
"Dr. Hockey" Bill Sproule '70 will give a talk, "The History of Professional Hockey in the Copper Country," at 3 p.m. on Friday in the Memorial Union Alumni Lounge.
Sproule, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, is a nationally recognized hockey historian. He will focus on the 100th anniversaries of two key events: Houghton's Portage Lakes hockey team winning the world championship and the formation of the International Hockey League.
The league boasted some of the best hockey players of the era and marked the U.P. as the birthplace of professional hockey in America. Sproule's talk is free and open to the public.
Friday culminates with the alumni reunion awards dinner. The social hour begins at 5:30 p.m. in Memorial Union Ballroom A, followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. featuring lake trout and prime rib. Among those being honored are James A. Mack '59, receiving the Distinguished Alumni Award; Professor Emeritus Edward R. Fisher and former Board of Control chair James A. Mitchell '65, receiving Outstanding Service Awards; Sean P. Asiala '95 and Brian R. VanVoorst '91, Outstanding Young Alumni Awards; and President Emeritus Curtis J. Tompkins, who will receive the Honorary Alumni Award.
MTU Alumni Association Board President Jerry Philo will be master of ceremonies. Tickets will be available at the registration desk.
The alumni golf outing and luncheon kicks off at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday at the Portage Lake Golf Course, with a shotgun start at 9:15 a.m. The outing includes an 18-hole scramble, refreshments on the course and a casual outdoor lunch. Prizes will be awarded, and lunch-only tickets are available for golfers' friends and family. You may purchase tickets at the registration desk but the price does not include golf carts. A limited number are available; call the golf course at 487-2641 to reserve a cart.
Everyone is invited to celebrate Alberta's golden anniversary on Saturday at the Ford Forestry Center, located eight miles south of L'Anse on U.S. 41. In 1954, the Ford Motor Company donated Alberta and 2,100 acres of surrounding timberland to Michigan Tech. Tickets are $11 for an 11:30-1 p.m. cook-out lunch and tours of the sawmill and village, $5 for tours only. Lunch and tours are free to children under 10. An awards presentation follows at 1 p.m. featuring keynote speaker Roger Rogge, the former manager of the Ford Forestry Center. Visitors can also enjoy the vintage car show at the event.
For more information on Alumni Reunion, call 487-2400. |
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