Millikin Quarterly WINTER 2008-09 GETTING FESTIVE: HOMECOMING 2008 Millikin Quarterly Vol. XXIV, No. 4 Winter 2008-09 Produced by the Millikin University Offi ce of Alumni and Development. E-mail comments to:
[email protected] Millikin Quarterly (ISSN 8750-7706) (USPS 0735-570) is published four times yearly; once during each of the fi rst, second, third and fourth quarters by Mil- likin University, 1184 West Main Street, Decatur, Illinois 62522-2084. Periodicals postage paid at Decatur, Illinois. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Millikin Quarterly, Millikin University, 1184 West Main Street, Decatur, IL 62522-2084. Telephone: 217-424-6383, or call toll-free to 1-877-JMU-ALUM. Millikin Quarterly magazine has been recognized with national APEX awards of excellence for three years in a row. FRONT COVER: Inset: Robert ’46 and Charlotte Beesley Moorehead ’47, who were named 2008 Alumnus of the Year, wave to the crowd after being recognized the Homecoming football game; the cam- pus statue with personality, Mr. B.B., gets ready out for the big weekend, thanks to some help from Millikin students. ON THIS PAGE: Blackburn Hall, a women’s residence hall. Winter 2008-09 Millikin Quarterly 1 Millikin contacts Millikin Administrators Alumni and Toll-Free Phone: Development Offi ce 1-800-373-7733 Toll-Free Phone: (locally, dial 424-6211) 1-800-JMU-ALUM (locally, dial 424-6383) President Douglas E. Zemke ’66 Peg Smith Luy ’75,
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