partan entnel Michigan State University Varsity ‘S’ Club NEWSLETTER VOL. 58 ISSUE 2 2ndVarsity ‘S’ Club 100th Anniversary Issue BIG NEWS ON CAMPUS! - 1948 Above is a small fraction of the 5000 students who swarmed onto Grand River Avenue on December 12th, 1948 when it was announced that a conference committee in Chicago had accepted Michigan State College into the Big Ten. The jubilation followed nearly three years of resistance from an established Big Ten Conference school, one located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (More on pages 6 - 8) S P R I N G 2 0 1 5 Michigan State University Varsity ‘S’ Club 535 Chestnut Rd. - Rm 276 East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone: (517) 355-8523 Fax: (517) 355-7708 Executive Committee Email:
[email protected] Executive Director Alan Haller ’92! Website: www.msuvarsitysclub.org President R. Paul Vance ’01 1st Vice President Lauren Aitch ’09 2nd Vice President Tim Bograkos ’04 We value your opinion and want to know what Secretary Mike Vorkapich ’94 you think about the Varsity ‘S’ Club Newsletter. Director Emeritus David Brogan ’56 Past President ! Cheryl Gilliam ’81 Send us an e-mail, call or fax with items or Board of Directors topics you would like to see included in future Ian Clutten ’07 Wally Dobler ’58 newsletters. If you have suggestions on how to Sue Selke ’76 Dave Thomas ’01 improve the publication, let us know. David W. Thomas ’75 Don Weatherspoon ’67! Young Alumni Elections for the Board of Directors of the Varsity ‘S’ Kristen Henn ’13 Travis Key ’07 Erica Mann ’11 Club are held each spring.