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10/1/2001 4:20 PM | | The best vantage point for the fireworks that followed the Minnesota Orchestra performance, attended by nearly 2,900 people, was the Washington Avenue Bridge. The fireworks were set off on the West Bank of the Mississippi River. An estimated 6,000 people watched from the bridge. |
The alumni association’s annual celebration this year also served as the grand finale of University’s yearlong sesquicentennial celebration. The combined efforts of the alumni association and  | | Braving high heat and humidity, actor J.B. Eckert put on a wool overcoat and hat—and his John S. Pillsbury act—for the crowd on Northrop Auditorium plaza. Portraying Pillsbury, often called the father of the University, Eckert has evoked the early days of the U through appearances at University events around the country over the past year. |
the Sesquicentennial Committee made for arguably the UMAA’s most successful annual celebration yet and a smashing conclusion of the U’s 150th year.
The June 29 event featured dinner in  | | University sophomores Beth Mallak (far left), Angela Murphy, and Surbhi Madia volunteered to greet guests arriving at the McNamara Alumni Center. In exchange, they enjoyed the D’Amico & Sons buffet and tickets to the Minnesota Orchestra performance. Murphy and Madia are also Student Alumni Leaders, holding their own programs to build pride and spirit on campus. |
the McNamara Alumni Center followed by a Minnesota Orchestra performance in Northrop Auditorium—the orchestra’s home from 1930 through 1974—and fireworks over the Mississippi River.
 | | Ann Pflaum signed copies of The University of Minnesota, 1945–2000, which she co-authored with Stanford Lehmberg, before concertgoers entered Northrop Auditorium. |
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