I recently had the opportunity to
speak at two very enjoyable events. Members,
friends, and supporters of UK’s Spindletop Hall gathered October 22 to
celebrate its placement on the National Register of Historic Places. Recognized during the program were UK’s
College of Design students who conducted the research to make the nomination
and selection possible.
Using archival material from Explore
UK and oral history interviews from the Louie B. Nunn Center, I shared with the
audience some of the lesser known stories about the grand residence. For example, who knew that after purchasing
the property UK explored the idea of moving the UK College of Law to Spindletop? Best reason to move - parking!
Friday evening I was honored to be the keynote speaker at the Golden
Wildcat dinner sponsored annually by the UK Alumni Association. Gretchen Bower, Event Coordinator for the
Alumni Association, arranged a wonderful dinner and program that included funny
and poignant stories from members of the class of 1963.
During their four years at UK the
class of ’63 witnessed the opening of the UK Chandler Medical Center, the
doubling in size of the Margaret I. King Library, the first addition to the
Student Center, and the construction of the Chemistry-Physics Building.
No comments:
Post a Comment