Hail We Akron!
The Third Fifty Years of The University of Akron, 1970 to 2020
… gathers memories, impressions, and opinions of alumni, friends, stakeholders, and donors about Akron’s hometown college since its achievement of state status, the third phase of its transformation from Buchtel College and the municipal university. A celebratory collection rather than a chronicle, it gives voice to those who worked and studied here, to the sportsfans and concertgoers, the taxpayers and the angels, the employers of graduates and the vendors of goods and services. Instead of the authority of a single narrative, it offers the range of a panorama and the variety of a collage. It is a grassroots report.
Upload your stories and pictures and we might use them in one of our books or on one of our web pages!
Compiled and edited by Mark Auburn, ’67, Vic Fleischer, Kevin Kern, Janice Troutman, and others. To be published by The University of Akron Press, 2020.
Here are a few selected and unedited submissions:
Submissions from 2019
Favorite Professors, Leslie Bell
Hail We Zippy, Leslie Bell
Fond Grad School Memories, Joyce Bender
Mentoring: A Priceless, Lifelong Reward, Kimberly A. Beyer
Remembering Dr. Samuel Selby Department Head and Distinguished Professor, William Beyer PhD
Zipette in Awe, Jean Bolinger
Against the Odds, Jane Bond
Dean Capers, Cynthia Capers
Dean Hill, Halle Jones Capers
The Evening College, Caesar Carrino
Dean Donald Jenkins, J. Dean Carro
Soccer Coach Ken Lolla, J. Dean Carro
Women at Akron Law, J. Dean Carro
Shakespeare in the Spring, Joseph F. Ceccio
Archives of the History of American Psychology: A Model for the Western Carolina University Psychology Department, William Chovan
Who Would Have Thought, William Michael Church
Working at The University of Akron, Dolores A. Dadik
A Lasting Impression, William C. Dawson
Commute, Michael John Denholm
Just a Kid Who Started in Gallucci Hall, Greg Dieringer
He Told a Great Story, Tamara J. Dixon
The Gay Administrator, Thomas Dukes
A Forever Zips Family, Andrea M. Ferraro
From Student to Faculty, Alexa K. Fox
Up Against the Wall, Carol Garrison
A Small Turn of Fate, David Giffels
A Commuter's View, John Michael Halaiko
In Praise of Dr. John Olive, Ecology Professor, Thomas J. Hall
Bill Zeigler--Professor, Mentor, Friend, Laura (Shaw) Hengle
Alan Hart, Philosopher, John E. Huss
What The University of Akron Has Meant to Me, Bev Johnson (Warnock)
9/11, Bill Jordan
Bar Wars at the Law School, William S. Jordan
Dean Issac C. Hunt, Jr., William S. Jordan
Martin Belsky: Serial Candidate and Serial Dean, William S. Jordan
McDowell Law Center Evolution, William S. Jordan
We Were Ahead of Duke, William S. Jordan
And So It Was, Patricia A. Kanis-Wolfe
A Campus Adventure on Crutches, Beth A. Kartarius
Juanita Ward and The University of Akron's Department of Developmental Programs, Marjorie Keil
The Polymer Sculpture, Frank Kelley
Making All the Difference, Larry L. Lorton
Music and a Place for Me, Karen C. Mallison
Cheerleading: Then and Now, Elizabeth Marsh
Romance in the Periodicals Section, Michele Merritt
Roommates for a Couple Years, Friends for Life, Michele Merritt
My Memories from the 1980s, Cynthia Kay Moser
Linda Moore, Bonnie Williams, and Carolyn Pardee, Karla Mugler
A Love Story Over Fifty Years Later, Donald C. Mullen
A Family Tradition, Brandi Neman
Sixty Countries around the World, Anna Nickles
A Special Teacher: Sally Slocum, Ann Otto
Kathryn Vegso: Dean of Women, Ann Otto
The University of Akron Evening College of the Community and Technical College, Ann Otto
Th University of Akron Evening College of the Community and Technical College, Ann Otto
Friends for Life, Mary (Oen) Poindexter
Tributes, Luis Proenza
LGBTQ at The University of Akron, Lis Kenneth Regula
Bookend Memories, Tim Riedinger
Alice MacDonald, Susan Rizzo
Art Can Be Painful, Susan Rizzo
My Life Full Circle, Heather C. Rose
Tributes, Scott Scarborough
Fire Alarms, Mary Anne Schuerger
First in my Family to Graduate College, Heather N. Scott Rep.
Faculty Senate Memory, Daniel Sheffer
Program Growth - College of Engineering 1980 to 2010, Daniel Sheffer
Keep Going, Ernest Stadvec
Mechanical Engineering Excellence, John C. Stearns
Buchtel College to The University of Akron: Lives Are Enriched, Linda K. Stevens
Growing Up Akron, Daniel Tate
Bill Becker: Legal Legend, Forever UA Family, Lauri S. Thorpe
Director, Myers School of Art, Janice Troutman
Team Turocy, Wendy L. Turocy
Awards and Recognition, Tom Vukovich
Commencement: Behind the Scenes, Tom Vukovich
From Buchtel Hall and Back Again, Laura Wolf
Dim Sum and Mrs. Virginia Wilson, Baomei Zhao
From Strangers to Friends, Baomei Zhao
My First Grant, Baomei Zhao
Submissions from 2018
Against the Odds, Jane Bond Ms
Up Against the Wall, Carole Garrison
Akron beats Stanford, William Stone Jordan III
Kathryn Vegso, Ann Kathleen Otto
The Institute for Civic Education (ICE), Ann Kathleen Otto