Help complete our history

The alumni association centennial is about people and memories. Pictured here is 1964 Homecoming Queen Andrea Hjelm, now a member of the UMAA National Board.

From M, spring 2003

As the University of Minnesota Alumni Association (UMAA) turns 100, our thoughts turn to the past--and to a few holes in our historical record.

The alumni association has photos of every past association president except one: Orren Safford. Safford was president from 1935 to 38. He was a Gopher football all-conference center and team captain in 1908, earned a law degree in 1910, and was a member of the Mu Sigma Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta. He practiced law in Minneapolis for several years.

Additionally, the UMAA is missing a handful of Gopher yearbooks. The former Twin Cities campus annual was published from 1888 through 1967. The missing years are 1888, 1889, 1901, 1904, 1964, 1965, and 1967. Several other years are represented by a single fragile volume, so please contact the UMAA if you have a yearbook you think we might need.

If you have a photo of Orren Safford or a yearbook you'd like to donate to the UMAA library, call Cheryl Jones at 612-624-2323 or e-mail her at jones@umn.edu.