HIGH HONORS
By Liz Massey
Alumni Association celebrates Sackton, name-change advocates at Founders' Day dinner

The Arizona State University Alumni Association honored its alumni classes most closely associated with the passage of the 1958 ballot initiative that officially recognized Arizona State as a university, as well as Lt. Gen. Frank J. Sackton, at its Founders' Day Awards Dinner, held March 18 at The Buttes resort in Tempe.

More than 650 persons attended the dinner to collectively honor the graduating classes of 1956, 1957, 1958 and 1959 with the James W. Creasman Award of Excellence. The students were crucial to the passage of Proposition 200, the ballot initiative that officially changed Arizona State's name to Arizona State University. Students and recent graduates joined forces with Arizona Chapters of the Jaycees to launch a ballot initiative campaign to change the name.

The association also honored Sackton, an alumnus, a professor emeritus for the School of Public Affairs and founding dean of the College of Public Programs, at the Founders' Day event. Sackton, 95, who got his mater's degree in public administration at ASU after a 30-year career in the U.S. Army, has also worked in a number of administrative capacities for ASU, including vice president of business affairs and interim athletics director. He continue s to teach one class each semester at the university.

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