Alumni Inc.

From the 1938 Tomahawk yearbook.

 

The Alumni association, in keeping pace with the building of the new university, was completely reorganized at the annual Alumni dinner and election of officers held at the Chamber of Commerce on June 1, 1937.

 

In order to assure the permanence of the new organization, the president, Frank "C. Heinisch, filed the newly adopted constitution and by-laws with the Secretary of State, thereby incorporating the association.

 

"The purpose of this corporation," as stated in the articles, "shall be to develop, renew and maintain friendships among its members and to do all things necessary to further the general welfare of the University of Omaha."

 

In its new form the organization provides for the election of a total of fifteen directors in addition to the staff of officers. The affairs of the corporation are to be governed by the board, and the members have power to fill vacancies that may occur in their board. At the meeting held for the adoption of by-laws, five members were elected for a three-year term, and five for a one-year term. Hereafter, at every annual meeting, five members are to be elected to the executive council for a term of three years.

 

Much of the activity of the group has been centered around the attempt to convert several thousand associate members of the association into active members. Membership in the organization is given to all persons who have received honorary degrees or have graduated from or have attended the University of Omaha for one full school year. Active members are distinguished from associates by the payment of dues.

 

Beside the annual dinner and meeting, the alumni participated in the Homecoming festivities. At that time they were reunited with old classmates and met the students who are carrying the traditions of the University of Omaha. Miss Margaret Fischer was their representative on the program following the banquet.

 

Many of the alumni are students in the Extension division or summer school. A few are on the university faulty; others are engaged in various business or professional pursuits in Omaha or elsewhere. Since they still maintain an active interest in the university, many of them proved of invaluable service in the raising of funds and in the struggle for the new site.

 

"The Alumni," wrote President Frank C. Heinisch, "are the one group which will always present a sympathetic attitude toward any question which affects the University of Omaha. They are a group which affects the University and which permeates the entire strata of the community. Economic and political movements in Omaha have alumni of our school taking an active part in them."