Dr Henry Russell Platt Jr Dies at 63 in Evanston
Wilmette banker and Tri-State College benefactor Dr Henry Russell Platt Jr died after a brain hemorrhage at Evanston Hospital Saturday. He joined Tri-State’s board in 1953 and led the financial and executive committees while funding major projects including the Tri-State Angola Community Zoliner Golf Course completed in 1971. Honorary degree recipient and namesake of a residence hall, he also served as Evanston alderman and held executive roles at Tranx-Traer Coal and Continental Illinois National Bank. Survivors include his wife Helen, sons Henry Russell II and Peter, three stepchildren, six grandchildren, a brother, and a sister.
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Columbus
Ohio
Eid Al Azha Celebration By Moslem Students At Tri State College
Moslem students from foreign lands at Tri State College celebrated Eid Al Azha on January 5, 1974. A morning prayer in Library Room 104 preceded a lunch in the old cafeteria at noon. Over 50 students wore native dress, marking a religious occasion tied to the Abraham and Ismail sacrifice.
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AKPsi Members Move Library Volumes at Tri-State College
Alpha Kappa Psi pledge class volunteered to move the Gen Hershey collection from Perry T. Ford Memorial Library to John G Best Hall of Science. Seven neophytes spent a full Saturday transporting about 20 000 volumes, including conscription histories from Colonial times forward.
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Alpha Kappa Psi
Lewis B. “Hershey
Perry T. Ford
John G. Best
Alpha
Kappa Psi
Jim Mertz
John Carlson
Phil Cobb
Mike Renaud
Rick Kerlin
Mike O’ Donnel
Dave Kirk
Former TSC coach B. J. Mummert dies at 72
B. J. Mummert, 72, longtime Tri-State College coach and athletic director, died after a heart attack in Elmhurst Hospital Angola. Born November 7, 1901 in Young America Indiana, he coached at Winamac Jeffersonville and Logansport High Schools before leading Tri-State from 1950 until 1957. Survived by three daughters and a sister.
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Hilton Receives Official Commendation for Public Service
Dr Charles L Hilton dean of the Tri State College School of Business Administration has received an official commendation from Indiana Governor Otis R Bowen for his service on the Indiana Private Schools Accrediting Commission. The governor praised his high degree of public spirited concern and sent a certificate of commendation on behalf of the state.
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Tri-State College marks 90th anniversary in 1974
The article notes Tri-State College enrolled 1300 students in winter quarter 1974 beginning January 4, drawing from all 50 states and several countries. It recalls the 1884 opening with 40 students and seven faculty, eight disciplines then, now over 400 courses and 84 faculty, on a 300 acre campus built from a six acre hill site once a cow pasture.
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