Marquette University - Hilltop Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS People Behind the Buildings............Glenda Buell . Registration......................................... Campus Renewal....................................... Motor Sports Association............................. Bella Abzug.......................................... Umbrellas of Cherbourg............................... International Culture Show and TMS Benefit Concert . Bonnie Delaney..................................... Fall Sports.......................................... Brady Street......................................... Lionel Hampton....................................... McCarthy McGovern ................................... Groppi............................................... Father Raynor..........................Glenda Buell . Faculty Predicament....................Jackie Patterson Administration.........................Jackie Patterson ASMU...................................Jackie Patterson Dr Henry Miles.........................Jim Jasper . . Free University........................................ Campus Ministry........................Glenda Buell . MUCAP..................................Glenda Buell . Dr. Washington.........................Glenda Buell . Fraternities and Sororities............Barb Saban Horton Roe.............................Mark Haertlein Fine Arts..............................Glenda Buell . Black Experience.......................Glenda Buell . Basketball.............................Dan McGrath . William Geisheker...................................... NCAA...................................Dan McGrath . Hockey.................................Jim Jasper . . Wrestling.............................................. Student Exploitation................ Rick Bishel. . Dorms..................................Al Feng . . . Burger Critique........................Al Feng . . . Workers on Campus...................................... Campus Security........................................ Campus Entertainment...................Jim Jasper . . 4 17 18 28 30 32 34 36 38 56 58 60 62 65 72 76 80 82 88 94 98 104 106 114 116 122 126 136 142 150 156 160 176 182 188 190 194

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Men Behind the Buildings Victor McCormick may not have the wealth of the Rockefellers, but he is certainly one of Wisconsin's chubby-pussycats. He hails from Packer country, where he makes law his profession. He is also a successful entrepreneur and civic leader. He bestowed $2,500,000 upon the university, one of the largest single gifts it ever received. Because of this modest package, the men’s residence hall on 16th St. and Wisconsin was duly named Victor McCormick Hall. It seems that there could be a cheaper way of getting your surname ascribed to a building. McCormick arrived on campus almost 55 years ago. He received his law degree from Marquette in 1922. He is a former member of the university’s Board of Governors and its Athletic Board, and was bestowed the title of Alumnus of the Year in 1952. I he double-million-dollar gift was not the first McCormick gave to Marquette. During the post-war years he gave a piece of land on N. 39th St. between W. Clybourn St. and W. Blue Mound Rd. for use as a practice football field. Those were the days when the football team was called the Hilltoppers or the Golden Avalanche. The site was name McCormick Field in his honor. After McCormick graduated from law school, he returned to Green Bay to become a partner in the firm of Minahan and McCormick. After 17 years in the firm, he retired to devote his working hours to personal affairs. Despite all his business dealings, he has given of himself unselfishly to his community. In 1966 he received the B'nai B'rith Brotherhood award for his enthusiastic civic leadership. Money can’t buy you everything, but it can help you get the title of “Founder of Marquette University.” The Very Rev. Pedro Arrupe, S. J., (Father General of the Society of Jesus) wrote in a letter to McCormick: For many years you have given generously of yourself in order to demonstrate in a tangible manner your appreciation for the Catholic education which you received at Marquette and your determination to do all in your power to make these same benefits available to successive generations of young people. Thus it was only proper that a number of years ago, as a token of its esteem and gratitude, your alma mater designated you its ‘Alumnus of the Year’, and that it now wishes to confer upon you the highest honor at its disposal, that of “Founder of the University'.” We say thanks to the honorable Mr. Victor McCormick for giving us a square deal on a round building, even though it's slowly sinking into Middle Earth.