Creator: MSU Video Broadcast/Marketing

Subjects: Public Art on Campus, Presidents, Sparty

Description:

MSU Reporter David Brown interviews George Alderton, former sportswriter for the Lansing State Journal, about renaming the "Aggies" with their new nickname, the "Spartans". Brown then interviews Terry Fossum, assistant director with the Ralph Young Fund, about the "Save Our Sparty" campaign to restore the original ceramic Spartan statue.

The video concludes with comments to attendees from MSU President John A. DiBiaggio talking about the Spartan statue and its personal meaning to him, Alderton discussing his part in changing the university's nickname, and Irene Jungwirth, widow of the statue's creator (Leonard Jungwirth), discussing her husband's work.

Date: August 15, 1988

Format: Video/mp4

Original Format: U-matic

Resource Identifier: UA-V001221

Collection Number: UA 8.1.7 Broadcast Marketing and Photo Lab records

Language: English

Rights Management: Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by Michigan State University and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

Contributing Institution: University Archives & Historical Collections

Contributor: MSU Archives and Historical Collections

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