Arizona State University - Sun Devil Spark / Sahuaro Yearbook (Tempe, AZ)

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1959 A - editor-in-chief Ron Ellenson photography editor Bill Bayer - , . ' f . - ' - ' V ' 51 - ' ; 1 . - ' secrefary Mary Boots Watts advisor Tom Warnken ' - '

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Alumni Vice President Wayne Legg presents a beaming Jim Creasman with Governor MacFarland ' s signed proclamation naming November 17, 1959, Jim Creasman Day, throughout Arizona at a special testimonial dinner sponsored by the Mesa Alumni Chapter of Arizona State University. Two hundred people heard the proclamation, which cited Creasman for his service to the University and the State of Arizona during eleven years as Alumni Secretary, and particularly for his work on the name-change campaign. The Sahuaro is dedicated to James W. Creasman, executive secretary of the ASU Alumni Association since 1947. From Jim ' s undergraduate days, when he was Associ- ated Students president, he has been among Arizona State ' s staunchest supporters. After his graduation in 1935, he was school teacher, radio station staff announcer, soldier with the Rainbow Division in Europe, and staff member of Voice of America in New York City. It was from the Voice of America in 1947 that Jim was called upon to build an alumni association to match the mushrooming university already sprouting in Tempe. He took over his new job, with a tiny budget, one office helper, and just a few hundred names of graduates. From that humble beginning, Jim Creasman has built an alumni asso- ciation which was recently referred to by former governor Ernest McFarland as second to none in the State of Ari- zona. His alumni roll now numbers almost 15,000 activa members. It is not only for his amazing work in building ASU ' s alumni strength that this yearbook is dedicated to Jim. His was the task of raising the money to build the Memorial Union Building. And, more recently, it was Jim Creasman who directed the alumni and student effort in the ASU name-change cam- paign. Since early last spring, through election day in November, Jim was speaking early in the morning, late at night, and in between. He labored 18 hours a day, with almost no rest, for this cause. Jim is a friend of all who meet him. His inspiration has led many students, as well as alumni, to accomplish great tasks they never thought possible. The 1959 Sahuaro is respectfully dedicated to James W. Creasman. ivfRS ' fr Creasman displays the preliminary drawing of the now- famous bumper sticker to guests at a kick-off luncheon for Citizens for ASU Committee members in Phoenix. Dynamic, never-tiring, Jim Creasman proved to be an inspiration to workers on the name-change measure with his ideas and capable leadership as chairman of the entire effort.