CSUF 50th Anniversary Kickoff Sep 15 2007

September, 2007: CSUF’s Elephant Racing “heritage” and Phi Kappa Tau’s involvement were celebrated on Sep 15th as over 3000 CSUF alumni and guests came to the campus for Alumni Homecoming and Open House activities.

Dr Gordon welcomes the KickOff Crowd of 3000+
Jack Hale, Mahout in 1962 Race with Dean of Students Kandy Mink-Salas
Judging the Robotic Elephant Races Robotic Elephants Racing
Jack Clement, Mahout in 1963 Races with Dean of Students Kandy Mink-Salas
Tim Clark talks with Joe Russin (Harvard's Mahout in the 1962 Elephant Races) and his wife. Joe is a senior exec with KTLA.
Audience views Elephant Racing
Joe Tatar (wrote and performed

Below are the 50th Anniversary Displays which featured many Phi Kappa Tau (and Sigma Phi Omega) “artifacts” which were donated by alums Don Black, Jack Clement Tim Clark, Emory Frink, Jack Hale, Ed Homola and Jon Lehan. These were combined with items from the CSUF Archives.