Alliance Historical Society Annual Meeting

To help commemorate Mount Union’s 175th anniversary, Mount Union has commissioned Harry Paidas ’74, to write an updated history of Mount Union from 1996 (the sesquicentennial) through 2021. Paidas is uniquely qualified for the role since he graduated from Mount and spent 33 years of his professional career as the chief public relations officer, faculty member in the Department of Communication, and director of the Regula Center for Public Service. He was a direct report to five of Mount Union’s presidents as well as a colleague of current President Tom Botzman. During the past three decades, he was literally “in the room where it happened.” The book is scheduled to be completed by Thanksgiving, 2021 and will be titled “Make the Echoes Roll,” a line from the Mount Union fight song which ties into the previous title authored by the late John Saffell, “Wake the Echoes.” The original history, “A Select School,” was authored by N. Yost Osborne. In “Let the Echoes Roll,” Paidas recounts the major decisions and events that have shaped Mount Union during the past 25 years and the accomplishments of each of the presidents during that time frame. A separate chapter is dedicated to the unprecedented success of the football program, which has produced national media coverage. The book has not been published yet, but will be available for purchase in time for the holidays. The program will open with a brief annual meeting for the election of board members to the Alliance Historical Society.