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Interesting factoids from the history of CSU

Spring 2022 | Kate Hawthorne Jeracki

Photo above: Students bowling in the new Lory Student Center that opened in January 1962.

1922

100 years ago

Ralph Parshall measuring water in Parshall flume with Soil Conservation Service vehicle in background.

THE FLUME
In 1922, Ralph Parshall, professor of civil and irrigation engineer, patents the Parshall Flume, which remains the standard irrigation water measuring device throughout the world.

65 years ago

1957 Students in Newsom Hall
1957 Students in Newsom Hall

NAME CHANGE
Effective May 1, 1957, by act of the Colorado General Assembly, Colorado A&M becomes Colorado State University.

1957

1962

60 years ago

Peace Corps meeting on campus. Maurice Albertson seated back left.
Peace Corps meeting on campus. Maurice Albertson seated back left.

PEACE CORPS
Maurice Albertson, Pauline Birky-Kreutzer, and Andrew Rice in civil engineering complete a feasibility study in 1962 that will help create the Peace Corps.

25 years ago

On campus, man cleaning off bowling balls from LSC after the Spring Creek Flood.
After the Spring Creek flood in 1997,  the bowling alley was not rebuilt.

THE FLOOD
On July 28, 1997, the Spring Creek flood causes more than $100 million in damage to CSU facilities – but is only one of many historic inundations of campus.

1997

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