WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI MAGAZINE
Fall 1999

The Class of 1949 Returns to Campus

Class of 1949 members were honored guests at Wichita State's 101st commencement on May 14. Other reunion highlights were special luncheons, campus tours and more.

Shockers from across the U.S. returned to campus for Fifty-Year Reunion festivities May 14-16. Classmates renewed friendships and shared memories of student life at the University of Wichita in 1949.

Through the years, class members have excelled in myriad professions, raised families and contributed to their university and country in ways both simple and profound.

Attendees: Bill Bachman, Garrol Becker, Robert Bennett, William Bonwell, Lawrence Brownlee, Dick Curry, Pat (Phillips) Daniels, Myron Dannar, Gloria (Fetters) Davidson, Jean Marie (Wogan) Davidson, Roy Donaldson, William Fein, Lawrence Gray, Fount Hartley, Louise Hartman, Kenneth Hedrick, Arlene (Cooley) Henry, Art Hodges, Paul Houser, Preston Huston, Beverly Hutton, John Kelso, Betty (Comstock) Kreisheimer, Art Littell, Doris (Wohlgemuth) Little, Schwab Major, Elbie McNeil, Don Myer, Jacque (Holl) Nagel, Dot (Neises) O'Neil, Nadine (Templeton) Park, Preston Perry, Charles Petrie, Bill Pierpont, Rick Prigmore, Yvonne "Bunny" (Davis) Rankin, Keith Sanborn, Don Schreck, Frederick Schumaker, Donald Smith, Warren Southard, Charles Stevens, John Stucky, Jim Tennant, George Tittsworth, Iris Weirick, William Wilson Jr. and Jack Yinger.


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Rise & Shine III

For the third season, the WSU Alumni Association hosts the Distinguished Alumni Speaker Breakfast Subscription Series - offering every alum and friend of the university something worth getting out of bed for! Former Shocker basketball great and NBA...

The Class of 1949 Returns to Campus

Class of 1949 members were honored guests at Wichita State's 101st commencement on May 14. Other reunion highlights were special luncheons, campus tours and more. Shockers from across the U.S. returned to campus for Fifty-Year Reunion festivit...

President's Corner

I am truly humbled to be selected as your 1999-2000 president. I'm awed by the passion and commitment of the people who have served in this capacity before me, as well as the many alumni who serve on the association's board, committees and as...

Director's Corner

This is an exciting time to be serving as executive director of the WSU Alumni Association. Not only is our university preparing to enter a new millenium under the leadership of a dynamic new president and first lady, Don and Shirley Beggs, but here...

Happenings

Around Kansas Shocker coaches and athletics administrators are hitting the Kansas highways to meet sports-minded alums for dinner and some Shock talk. For information about appearances in your area, call Pat at (316) 978-3836. Chicago Shocker alu...

Shocker Faces

Sporting Shocker attitudes are MVC Hall of Famer Antoine Carr fs '83, left, and Coach Randy Smithson '82/89. Shocker Auction volunteers climb aboard a KIA Sportage Convertible donated by Steven KIA, Wichita. Tom '59/67 and Joan...