Claim to Fame

Mary Morgan, “Journalists Start Fellowship Year in Ann Arbor” • Mon Sep 08 2008

Media: Article, The Ann Arbor Chronicle • [link]

John King, the University of Michigan’s vice provost for academic information, mentions the Squirrel Club during the Knight-Wallace Fellows reception.

On Tuesday, two university administrators, David Lampe and John King (both K-W board members), were on hand to officially welcome the fellows and their guests. Lampe is UM’s vice president of communications and a former journalist; King is UM’s vice provost for academic information.

Lampe urged the fellows to take advantage of the university’s vast resources: “We know who knows what about what.” King called UM “a terrific sandbox.” (As an aside, he also noted UM’s large number of student organizations – over 1,000, including The Squirrel Club, which sells its T-shirts for $12.)