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Purdue Alumni Association

 Organization

Historical Information

The Purdue Alumni Association (PAA) is an independently financed, nonprofit alumni organization. Through the support of dues-paying members worldwide, it offers its services to all alumni, as well as funding for programs, services, and scholarships offered by the PAA and alumni clubs and groups.

Founded in 1878 as "The General Alumni Association," the association’s purpose was to allow graduates to keep in touch with one another and served as the first entity on campus that communicated to alumni. Satellite clubs were later formed in other parts of the country, with Chicago and Indianapolis being the first in 1890.

In 1907, the Purdue University Alumni Bulletin became the PAA’s first publication. It was later renamed to the Bulletin of the Purdue Alumni Association (1909), before arriving at its current name, the Purdue Alumnus, in 1914.

In 1927, a state statute was enacted which increased the alumni-elected trustees to the Purdue University Board of Trustees from one to three. Until that time, George Ade had been the sole alumni trustee.

In 2004, The PAA moved to the Dick and Sandy Dauch Alumni Center on the south side of campus. In 2021, they merged with the Purdue for Life Foundation.

Citation:
"About," Purdue Alumni Association. Accessed September 27, 2022. https://www.purduealumni.org/about

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur and Roberta Bitzer papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 3, Placement: 17
Identifier: MSA 259
Scope and Contents

The Arthur and Roberta Bitzer photographs, schedule card and buttons are from the Bitzer's time as students at Purdue University. Types of materials include: black and white photographs of campus scenes and student life, a schedule card and buttons.

Dates: 1937 - 1942

Purdue Alumni Association records, addition 03

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20190522.2

Purdue University President's Council records, addition 02

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20170510

Tamara Morse papers

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 20160209