April 5, 2002

PLACE AND TIME: Old Town Hall, Historical Society Museum, 7:30 P.M. (Note earlier meeting time)

SPEAKER: Mark Roy, Media Specialist & Web Manager, University of Connecticut

TOPIC: The Early Years of UConn, 1881-1934: The Storrs Agricultural School and the Connecticut Agricultural College 

MARK ROY TO SPEAK ON UCONN’S EARLY YEARS ON APRIL 5

Author Mark J. Roy, class of '74, writes a regular series on the history of the university for the UConn Advance, the faculty and staff newspaper. His first book, a photographic history of UConn, was recently released by Arcadia Publishing. He also manages the University’s web site.

Mr. Roy will tell about UConn’s beginnings in 1881 in a 50-room building that once housed Connecticut’s Civil War orphans and the many developments that followed. Each era in the universities’ history has seen great growth and change. Come and hear Mr. Roy and see his great slides.

Bruce Clouette, Program Chairperson