Oswego Alumni Magazine » Eleanor Roosevelt http://oswego.edu/magazine Oswego Alumni Magazine Wordpress site Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:03:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 No. 25 – Eleanor Roosevelt Visit http://oswego.edu/magazine/2011/08/23/no-25-eleanor-roosevelt-visit/ http://oswego.edu/magazine/2011/08/23/no-25-eleanor-roosevelt-visit/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:26:29 +0000 Michele Reed http://oswego.edu/magazine/?p=1431 On Sept. 20, 1944, the First Lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt, visited Oswego. Among those lucky enough to greet her on the steps of Old Main (now Sheldon Hall) was Betty Reid Gallik ’45, who was president of the Women’s Athletic Association.

Roosevelt at Sheldon“I remember they had a few of us who were president of our groups shake hands and talk with her,” she says. Also greeting Roosevelt were the late Betty Burden ’45 and the late M. Carol McLaughlin ’45.

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