Happy anniversary Memorial! (L-R) Dr. Wayne Ludlow, outgoing dean of
Student Affairs and Development; Leigh Borden, president of the Council
of the Students' Union; and retiring Memorial president Dr. Arthur May,
cut the anniversary cake at the campus wide anniversary party held on Aug.
26.
Happy Anniversary
Memorial University!
Members of the university community got together on Aug. 26 to celebrate Memorial's 50th anniversary as a degree-granting institution. On Aug. 13, 1949, in what was one of the first acts of the new provincial government, Memorial University College was elevated to degree-granting status. To mark the event a number of employees organized a campus-wide anniversary party. Faculty, staff, students, pensioners and alumni were all invited to attend. Close to 600 tickets were sold, and about 450 people showed up in the area between Hatcher House and the Dining Hall where they were treated to a BBQ, happy hour bar prices and a dance. Outgoing president Dr. Arthur May, undergraduate student union president Leigh Borden, and Dr. Wayne Ludlow outgoing dean of Student Affairs, were on hand to cut an anniversary cake. Dr. David Pitt — the first faculty member hired in 1949 (whose appointment letter was dated almost to the day of the party, Aug. 27, 1949!) — was on hand to draw the first door prize. Tickets to the event were $5 and the money raised is being directed to the Opportunity Fund for the Field House Complex. For more details see story under Campus Life.
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