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For more information about alumni benefits, contact
Carmen Garcia at 313-577-2167 or carmen.garcia@
wayne.edu.
our history
The Wayne State University Alumni Association officially was formed
in October 1935. Here are a few highlights from its 77-year history:
Homer D. Strong becomes the alumni association’s first
executive director, a position he held for 24 years.
The Wayne Alumni Foundation, which gave alumni an
opportunity to make gifts to the university, is established.
Alumni House, headquarters for the alumni association,
is dedicated.
Homer D. Strong retires from the alumni association;
Paul Andrews becomes executive director.
Alumni association travel program is launched. The first
tour takes alumni to the Mediterranean island of Mallorca.
The organization’s annual ethnic night event honors the
alumni association’s first endowed scholarship recipient.
The award-winning Wayne State magazine is founded.
Paul Andrews retires; Marguerite Rigby becomes the
organization’s third executive director.
The Organization of Black Alumni is established.
The David Adamany-Wayne State University Alumni
Association Endowed Scholarship is established.
Athletics Alumni Association is established.
@ Wayne State, the alumni association’s first electronic
newsletter, is launched.
World Wide Wayne (W3), the alumni association’s new online
community, is launched.
The alumni association eliminates its membership
dues program.
Ty Stevenson becomes new executive director.
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