We're So Proud!

For once, it was not a frigid day when a special event occurred. Family, friends, and colleagues gathered at the University to witness the opening of the new fitness facility. That in itself would be reason to celebrate, but the real reason we were all there (family anyway) was to celebrate the fact that the Fitness Facility is to be named after one of us!!!!

The entrance to the fitness facility is through the shop, seen here being prepared for the official opening. Note the red, black and white balloons, and the t.v. cameras.Dignitaries and some relatives found seats. The rest of us gathered in the back to watch the event.

Here is the man of the hour, explaining how the facility came to be. This picture was taken before he knew it was going to be named after him!

And here he is with the president of the student organization, just as he is being informed what the name of the new facility will be.

The official ribbon cutting. The same scissors which had been used to cut the ribbon opening the athletic complex in 1984 were used again today.

We are all proud to have our family name on such a fine facility. Does that mean that from now on, we all have to be fit?