WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI MAGAZINE
Spring 2006

LOOK BACK

Found Stories

One hundred years ago, back when Fairmount College was young, one family forged the first Shocker sports dynasty.

Aviatrix Marvel

Marvel L. (Nordyke) White ’35, who passed away Jan. 1 in Wichita at the age of 99, certainly lived up to her first name.

Stamp of Approval

Award-winning entertainer Karla Burns ’81/81 never met Wichitan Hattie McDaniel (1895-1952), the first African-American to win an Academy Award.

A Stately Reminder

The trio of stately columns that stands at WSU’s Fairmount Avenue campus entrance off 17th Street points back in time to the early years of Fairmount College.