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Show oA\umniâ- v--:•/ oâ- A. 1 ' «*<•». 1 *** I ITHEROK PARMELEE Editor of the Utah AlumnusRICHARD A. HARTPresident of the Alumni AssociationA LUMNI interest in the University •* ^-was sponsored and increased during the past year, by considerable activity on the part of the University of Utah Alumni Association. The officers, elected at the June banquet, 1927, were Richard A. Hart, president; Mrs. Levi Edgar Young, vice-president; Mrs. Belle Livingston Wilson, Preston D. Richards, Mrs. W. N. Williams, and Chas. R. Mabey, members of the Board of Control. Mr. Douglas O. Woodruff was chosen Executive Secretary, filling a vacancy of more than a year. Mr. Thomas Hull was again chosen treasurer.With the organization perfected, immediate work was started on the all important project of furthering the cause of Utah's impending Union Building. Close cooperation was ef-fected with the Union Building organization, which is headed by the president of Alumni Association, Mr. Hunt, with Mr. Woodruff also serving as secretary of the Union Building committee. The Alumni officers feel that the Union Building project is the most important move ever instituted at the University and have done all in their power to advance this meritorious piece of work, which is now nearing culmination.As the means of promoting interest in the Alumni Association and also* informing the former students of the work of this organization and that of the Union Building committee, the Utah Alumnus was again published. Four issues have been sent to over 13,000 former students during the past year. Efforts arePage 46 |
