1940
In August, those who would come from the 1901 location down the street made it to the house.
Thanks to University of Minnesota Greek Letter Chapter House Designation Study; Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission. Inventory taken 3/03 by Carole Zellie/Landscape Research.
Courtesy StudentsCoop.org
A month later (and just one week before a surely most amazing inaugural Halloween party) another article boasted of a stable presence with profits of a whopping $351.
John followed the Amigo Club from the 1901 University Ave SE location to its new home at 1721 University Ave SE. Arthur joined in 1940 and would remain a member until graduation in 1944.
Thanks to the research of co-oper Charles Lehnen, we can see what the scene must have been like in the first year:
This all seems to tell us Students’ Co-op co-founder Curtis Kinikin went on to another co-op called Mens Cooperative Club; a co-oper we know about Mike E. Majetich was not just a member of the house but also president of a larger group called University Cooperative Club, which seems to be some kind of social mixer for the co-ops; and women (“coeds”) involved in the co-operative movement that formed the Amigo Club are still involved in the house through the selfsame social mixers.
1941
There must have been some sadness in the house when the Pearl Harbor reports were coming in during the holidays, forcing Joseph Tam’s home land Hawai’i to suddenly be under threat and under U.S. imperial rule, besides! (Although actual Statehood would not be voted in for several years.) The next year, Tam joined dental fraternity Delta Sigma Delta, and other Tams from Hawai’i followed in his footsteps in subsequent years, though none joined the co-op.
 in Delta Sigma Delta from The Gopher 1944 |
 in Delta Sigma Delta from The Gopher 1948 |
1942
The last Feigal of the 1939 cohort who lived in both Amigo Club locations leaves with graduation, entrusting the continuation of the co-op to those who remain, a tradition of cooperative enterprise it seems. Several Feigals (likely his own brothers) keep moving in for years to come.
as shown in The Gopher 1943
Courtesy U of M Archives
1943
Since the beginning, many of the men were athletes and particularly enjoyed intramural (or IM) competition, where Amigo Club sometimes represented prized players.
However, despite pacifist arguments being present on campus and even socialist guests giving speeches in auditoriums, the war and the draft were threats. The Gopher reported the draft law “hit the junior class” the hardest since seniors were usually deferred and the younger students were not typically included.
When I enrolled at the U of M in the fall of 1943 the tuition was $15 per quarter; which works out to $45 per year. During that first quarter at the U of M, I stayed at the “Amigo Club” located at 1721 University Ave. S.E. The charge for room and board was $40 per month. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to finish that first quarter as Uncle Sam wanted me for service in the Army Air Corps.
When I returned to the University after my time in the service under the GI Bill, the University was allowed to charge returning veterans out of state tuition, and that charge came to $56 per quarter. To help pay the costs for that first quarter of going to the University I had a part-time job as a Street Car Conductor on the Como Harriet Line. Street Cars, of course, disappeared a long time ago.
from A look back at college expenses by Jack Puterbaugh
Meanwhile, in the women-only co-operative cottages, there was a lot reported too.
1944
The Gopher highlighted a strong presence of women at the University.
Gamma Delta a co-ed Lutheran group held meetings at the Students’ Co-op
RT Ravenholt, a “shirt-tail relative” of the last Midland Co-operatives representative at the house, is passed the business operations mantle. This signifies the last “letting go” of the Co-op’s founding sponsor Midland Co-operatives, presumably entrusting the members to run themselves. According to the research of Jim Jones, M.D. “Doc” Zeddies would help with University co-ops for years to come, though he primarily focused on Independent Mens Co-operative on St. Paul campus (which would eventually become the five-house co-ed “Minnesota Students Co-op”).
1945
The Gopher 1946 continued to focus more on the women’s organizations of the year. For example, besides the women’s cooperative cottages (which the women defended from destruction by the University), there were things like “All-University Committee against Peacetime Conscription” an anti-draft group run by Mary Muedeking.
We have just a few glimpses of the actual members of the Amigo Club at the time.
According to the research of co-oper Charles Lehnen, we also have evidence that the Students’ Co-op was petitioning for recognition and direct engagement with the University. An audit of their operations probably began this year or the next.
1946
Of this year, we know little of Amigo Club affairs from The Gopher, except that co-oper John Kay Adams is credited as a “Grey Friar” (Honorary Senior Man) and is pictured as part of the staff of the college paper The Minnesotan (which apparently boasts the world’s largest college circulation).
Courtesy U of M archives
Courtesy U of M archives
1947
The year was 1947, the season was late summer and my age was 25 years. My good friend Wally Ashauer and I were roommates at the Amigo Club, an inexpensive student’s co-op at 1721 University Ave. S.E. in Minneapolis.
It was summer break-time and we were on college vacation. Wally and I had met a Mexican engineer named Jorge Rascon at the Amigo Club during the war. He stayed at the Club while studying at the University of Minnesota during a summer quarter. He had invited us to visit him in Mexico City after the war and we decided to do just that before the fall quarter began […]
from Taking a Motorcycle Journey
1948
Some time in the 1946-1949 academic years, the Students’ Co-operative, Inc. became a founding member of an organization called North American Student Co-op League, which sounds an awful lot like a precursor to NASCO but a couple decades ahead of time. My suspicions were confirmed by University of Michigan records:
The North American Student Cooperative League (NASCL) was founded in 1946 with the assistance of the Cooperative League of the U.S.A. Growing out of the cooperative movement begun on various college campuses in the late 1930s, NASCL was the amalgamation of several regional associations. Never a strong organization, leaders in the cooperative movement in the 1960s began stressing the need for change and redirection. A more effective organization was needed, one that would be more than a clearinghouse of information, and would instead engaged in programs of education and legislative lobbying.
In the spring of 1968, participants in a conference sponsored by the University of Michigan Inter-Cooperative Council proposed the organization of a group “for the purpose of expanding the cooperative movement across college campuses.” In the fall, a group gathered in Chicago to organize the National Association of Students of Cooperation (NASCO) intended to succeed NASCL. NASCO’s creation in 1968 meant that, for the first time in 20 years, student co-ops would begin working together towards their common interests.
Well, if it was not strong, it must have surely been exciting, because the Co-op was reportedly proud:
Perhaps the promised “audits” by the University completed. For under the leadership of Wilbur Bennington, the Students’ Co-operative appears as a Student Group of the University for the first time, with the following description:
Classification: Enterprise
Description: This group of men students is a corporation in which all members hold at least one share of common stock. Each holder of common stock receiving services or commodities from the association shall also be a member. The purpose of this association is to furnish lodging, board and other services for its members.
–Directory of Student Organizations, 1948-1949
1949
This year in the Directory of Student Organizations, 1949-1950 we learn how the co-op envisioned its relationship to the University as well as its leadership, meeting frequency and how to join:
President: D. A. Juers
Secretary: G. E. Michaelson
Business Manager: A. D. Flint
Purpose: To supply room and-board for male students of the University.
Membership: Members are elected to the house by the Board of Directors. Apply to the Business Manager.
Meetings: First Tuesday of each month at 1721 University S.E.
We have pictures of members Wes Borgeson (left)
and Rodney E. Anderson (right).
We have pictures of Howard L. Paulsen (left)
and John H. Longley (right).
It’s also likely that the character on the left helping toss Kay into a pool is co-oper Howard Lambert.
Interestingly, in the same The Gopher we learn of a LEILA J. EHRENSTROM (B.S. in Public Health Nursing) who, while not specified as a member of Amigo Club, belongs to Campus Nurses Club, Winchell Cottages Board and a “Student Co-op Council” — a name highly associated with those in charge of leading co-operative housing expansion for women’s and maybe men’s co-ops as well.
Continue to 1950s or scroll down for more portraits and information.
Directories
1939 Founders highlighted.
& first to 1721 location bolded.
1940 Directory
1940-1941 U of M Directory
32 known student residents (2 are known staff)
Doonan, S Pershing, Junior Record Clerk, Adm 318. 1721 University av se, Gl 1708
Gannon, Robert L, Teaching Asst Economics, VH 10. 1721 University av se, Gl 1708
Aley, Maxwell P, A44 (1679) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Fairfield, Conn)
Aufderheide, Howard F, A43 (6611) 1721 University av se. Gl 1708 (New Ulm)
Cavaleri, Joseph P, Ed44 (8663) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Brooklyn, New York)
Christensen, Arthur L, A43 (9599) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Ruthton)
Croes, Shirley W, A43 (3826) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Aberdeen, South Dakota)
Doonan, S Pershing, A43 (8353) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Holland)
Engebretson, George H, IT44 (7977) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Feigal, Richard S, IT43 (5125) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Pine Island)
Feigal, William M, Md44 (4331) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Pine Island)
Fishman, Myer, Gr (12818) 1721 Unviersity [typist error] av se, Gl 1708 (Duluth)
Gahagan, Garnet E, G42 (539) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Austin)
Gannon, Robert L, Gr (12177) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Northfield)
Gordon, James W, IT42 (5954) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Pine Island)
Hedren, Thomas H, A44 (835) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Winthrop)
Honke, Max M, A43 (11872) 1721 University av se. Gl 1708 (Butte, Nebraska)
Hutchinson, Richard H, A43 (4906) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708
Jones, William H, A41 (9716) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Ely)
Kemppainen, Arthur O, IT44 (2726) 1721 University av se (Swan River)
Knutson, Robert C, A44 (986) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Blue Earth)
Mader, Harvey, L41 (12075) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Northfield)
Majetich, Mike E, Em 19938) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Virginia)
Ochs, John H, A44 (736) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Springfield)
Piper, Arnold L, Ag42 (UFI145) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708
Prange, Gilbert J, Ag42 (UFI150) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Lewiston)
Rizzo, Salvatore G, Ed43 (9642) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (New York City)
Sheay, Robert W, B42 (6153) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Alexandria)
Spreiter, John R, IT44 (5750) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Staples)
Tam, Joseph C, A44 (1054) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Honolulu)*
Thorsky, Gunner N, IT44 (2641) 1721 University av se (Northome)
Walz, Allen F, Em (9924) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Pipestone)
Wicklund, Ralph C, Ed44 (8664) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Bronx, New York)
Zippel, William A, P44 (3237) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Baudette)
*Notably, Joseph Tam is included in students whose home addresses are outside the United States, indicating both an increase in diversity from the building’s role as a closed fraternity as well as acknowledgement that “The Territory of” Hawai’i had not yet been fully claimed by Japan or the U.S.A., although the Pearl Harbor incident would occur soon.
1941 Directory
1941-1942 U of M Directory
34 known student residents (2 are known staff)
Gannon, Robert L, Tchg Asst, VH 10. 1721 University av se, Gl 1708
Laws, Leonard S, Teaching Asst Dept Math and Mech, E 208. 1721 University av se, Gl 1708
Ahlbrecht, Arthur H, IT45 (2364) 1721 University av se (Staples)
Arnold, Norbert P, IT43 (6731) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Staples)
Bliss, Clayton E, Ag45 (UFI80) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Ogilvie)
Carlson, Melvin, IT44 (82i3) 1721 University av se, Gl 1078 (Forsyth, Montana)
De Schepper, Marvin R, IT45 (2910) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Jasper)
Dolva, Harold W, IT44 (4577) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Hawley)
Doonan, S Pershing, L45 (3888) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Holland)
Doty, Paul R, IT45 (2655) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Anoka)
Feigal, Richard S, IT43 (3765) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Pine Island)
(William M Feigal moved to another residence but another Feigal brother appears in ’42)
Gannon, Robert L, Gr, 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Northfield)
Gurley, George P, A44 (7043) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Pipestone)
Henneberry, Raymond J, B43 (4644) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Olivia)
Hutchinson, Richard H, D45 (5948) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Waterloo, Iowa)
Jokela, Veikko J, Ed43 (7328) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Angora)
Kemppainen, Arthur O, IT45 (4296) 1721 University av se, Gl 1078 (Swan River)
Krapu, Eino N, A44 (6351) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Duluth)
Laws, Leonard S, Gr (12001) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Salem, Oregon)
Lenker, William F, A45 (1325) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Colome, South Dakota)
Merry, Frank E, B43 (7777) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Fairmont)
Molbert, Ralph N, Gr (12215) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Tappen, North Dakota)
Okuma, Thomas M, Ed43 (9783) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Hawaii)
Owens, Berl W, IT45 (2918) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Graanada)
Reierson, Vernon L, IT44 (9234) 1721 University av se (Elkader, Iowa)
Sacks, Marvin D, IT45 (2511) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Pipestone)
Santala, Taisto J, B43 (6728) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Angora)
Spreiter, John R, IT43 (42271 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Staples)
Tam, Joseph C, A44 (5825) 1721 University av se (Hawaii)
Thorsky, Gunnar N, IT45 (4248) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Northome)
Tritch, William N, B43 (11305) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Excelsior)
Troy, Arnold, IT43 (10854) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (New York City)
Van De Riet, Harry J, A44 (8781) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Fairmont)
Watters, James H, IT44 (10697) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Santa Cruz, California)
Wicklund, Ralph C, Ed44 (7997) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Bronx, New York)
Yovanovich, Robert S, A43 (7650) 1721 University av se (Ironton)
1942 Directory
1942-1943 U of M Directory
33 known student residents (1 as known staff)
Laws, Leonard S, Inst Mathematics and Mechanics, E 11. 1721 University av se, Gl 1708
Arnold, Norbert P, IT43 (3914) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Staples)
Blatte, Robert D, A46 (1614) 1721 University av se (Fairmont)
Clabots, Charles H, IT46 (2091) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Staples)
Collins, Robert C, IT45 (6085) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Pine Island)
Cribbs, Richard E, IT46 (589) 1721 University av se (Maquoketa, Iowa)
Doonan, S Pershing, L45 (8937) 1721 UniverSity av se, Gl 1078 (Holland)
Doty, Paul R, IT45 (4203) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Anoka)
Drumm, Ernest W, A46 (5969) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Pipestone)
Feigal, Richard S, IT43 (5419) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Pine Island)
Feigal, Robert M, IT45 (6084) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Pine Island)
Franke, Donald A, IT43 (7030) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Anoka)
Hanks, Marshall W, Ed46 (8089) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Elmore)
Hansmann, Robert R, IT46 (2298) 1721 University av se (Sauk Center)
Henneberry, Ray J, B43 (3788) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Olivia)
Hewitt, Robert R, IT46 (1825) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Bertha)
Hicks, George G, A45 (5963) 1721 University av se. Gl 1708 (Pipestone)
Holm, K Helge, ITS (5129) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Pomona, California)
Jokela, Veikko J, Ed43 (4452) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Angora)
Judin, Franklyn C, IT46 (2111) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708
Judin, James P, IT43 (4862) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708
Keane, David W, IT46 (6077) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Pine Island)
Kemppainen, Arthur O, IT45 (4507) 1721 University av se, Gl 1078 (Swan River)
Keyes, Robert W, A45 (7357) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Pipestone)
Kinney, Elwyn G, A46 (319) 1721 University av se, Gl 1078 (Fairmont)
Miller, Gardner L, IT46 (2321) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Fairmont)
Mitchell, George L, G44 (1224) 1721 University av, Gl 1708 (Truman)
Olson, Robert W, IT44 (5118) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Rush City)
Owens, Berl W, IT46 (4484) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (East Chain)
Reinarz, Frederick J, IT44 (7703) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Mizpah)
Spreiter, John R, IT43 (4666) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Staples)
Van De Riet, Edwin K, IT46 (2032) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Fairmont)
Van De Riet, Harry J, B44 (9614) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Fairmont)
Wayne, Stanley O, A46 (1612) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Albert Lea)
1943 Directory
1943-1944 U of M Directory
30 known student residents
Anderson, Karl K, IT47 (3209) 1721 University av se (Lakota, North Dakota)
Ashauer, Walter W, IT46 (7725) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Glencoe)
Belanger, Edmond J, L47 (6435) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Eveleth)
Belcher, Royden A, A47 (155) 1721 University av se (Thief River Falls)
Bennett, Ivan D, AS (6609) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Garden City, Kan)
Bronniche, Richard S, A47 (4187) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Cambridge)
Chock, Hugh W H, A45 (7073) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Hanalei, Kauai, TH)*
*Note: Hawai’i is now abbreviated “Territory of Hawaii” after the U.S. invasion
Collison, Robert G, Ed47 (6535) 1721 University av se, GI 1708
Dubisar, Jerry J, A47 (323) 1721 University av se, Gl 1078 (Biscay)
Evans, Melvin E, IT46 (4145) 1721 University av se, Gl 1078 (Cambria)
Evingson, Rudolph N, A46 (7313) 1721 University av se, Gl 1078 (Kindred, North Dakota)
Feigal, David W, A46 (3972) 1721 University av se, Gl 1078 (Redwood Falls) another Feigal!
Feigal, Robert M, IT45 (3296) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Pine Island)
Hedin, Richard E, A47 (325) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Sauk Centre)
Helm, Jack R, A47 (610) 1721 University av se (Superior, Wisconsin)
Huemoeller, Charles F, A47 (618) 1721 University av se (Bigfork)
Jokela, Veikko J, IT45 (3358) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Angora)
Kemppainen, Arthur O, IT44 (3573) 1721 University av se, Gl 1078 (Swan River)
Knieff, Albert L, IT47 (1667) 1721 University av se (Deerwood)
Larson, Roger W, IT46 (5728) 1721 University av se (Brainerd)
Mattson, Donald A, G45 (1057) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Stanchfield)
Menefee, Edward C, A45 (8124) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Rochester)
Menefee, John H, A46 (8084) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Rochester)
Miller, Gardner L, IT46 (3705) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Fairmont)
Patsche, Gilbert C, IT47 (3138) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Fairmont)
Puterbaugh, Jack L, A47 (752) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Isanti)
Rooks, Eugene L, A47 (153) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Osceola, Wisconsin)
Skarstad, James B, B45 (3550) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Thief River Falls)
Vaughn, Robert E. IT46 3641) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Pasco, Washington)
Ylvisaker, John R, A46 (7056) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Mankato)
1944 Directory
1944-1945 U of M Directory
30 known student residents (1 listed as staff)
Bennett, I Dewey, Jr Botanist, Botany Dept, Bo 3. 1721 University av se, Mpls 14, GI 1708
Barnes, Frank E, IT48 (3275) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Rochester)
Belcher, Royden A, A47 (6452) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Thief River Falls)
Belknap, Kenyon, IT47 (6332) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Ceylon)
Bollum, Frederick J, A48 (3631) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Pepin, Wisconsin)
Carroll, William J, IT48 (7515) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Mankato)
Chao, Chin Ting, Gr (9852) 1721 Umversity av se, Gl 1708 (Sui-ping, Honan, China)*
Copp, Neil W, A48 (479) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Lake City)
Dubisar, Jerry J, IT47 (3334) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Biscay)
Fowler, Thomas W Jr, G46 (1092) 1721 University av se, Gl 1078 (Pontiac, Michigan)
Gunn, James, A48 (302) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708
Hein, Frederick A, A47 (7351) 1721 University av se, GI 1708
Hickling, William C, A48 (5883) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Moose Lake)
Hopkins, Thomas JIll, A48 (773) 1721 University av se, Gl 1078 (Washington DC)
Ko, Roy, Gr (2393) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708*
Matsumoto, Henry, IT47 (4738) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Rivers, Arizona)*
Nelson, Granville D, IT48 (2543) 1721 University av se (Los Angeles, California)
Petersen, Eugene J, A48 (480) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708
Peterson, James N, A48 (7716) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Lake City)
Ravnholt, Reimert T, A48 (760) 1721 University av se, GI 1078 (Luck, Wisconsin)
Note: should be spelled “Ravenholt”
Rempel, Otto D, IT48 (6422) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Lester Prairie)
Samuelson, James B, A48 (3698) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Glenwood Springs, Colorado)
Schoenecker, Cyril J, A47 (8292) 1721 University av se
Schultz, Harlan 11 IT48 (2597) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Vergas)
Skarstad, James B, B45 (3472) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Thief River Falls)
Swanson, Donald L, A47 (6683) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Brainerd)
Wagoner, Dennis L, A48 (20) 1721 University av se (Rockford, Illinois)
Wiggen, Christopher O, A47 (7337) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Red Wing)
Yamada, Edward T, Ag47 (UF1361) 1721 University av se (1144 c Lunalilo st, Honolulu 34, TH)*
Yoshimoto, H Ray, A47, 1721 Umversity av se, Gl 1708 (Newell, California)*
* Note: Residents with Japanese names were apparently not interred in camps. Chinese, Korean and Japanese students lived at the house together, which is encouraging.
Interestingly, this is the first year where no 1939-1940 founders live in the house any longer.
1945 Directory
As depicted in The Gopher 1949 courtesy U of M archives
1945-1946 U of M Directory
29 known student residents (1 listed as staff)
Ko, Roy, Tchg Asst Analytical Chemistry, C. 1721 University av se, Mpls 14, GI 1078
Belcher, Royden A, A47 (5744) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Thief River Falls)
Bennington, Wilbur E, IT49 (4419) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Centerville, South Dakota)
Blagsvedt, Richard A, Ag49 (UF772) 1721 University av se. Gl 1708 (Canton)
Corazzo, George E, G47 (1639) 1721 University av se (St Paul)
Daly, John R, IT49 (8805) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Rochester)
Dillingham, Robert O, IT49 (5703) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Ellendale, North Dakota)
Doi, Nelson K, L49 (4446) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Kawaihae, Hawaii, TH)
Dubisar, Jerry J, IT48 (4127) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Biscay)
Fowler, Thomas W Jr, P49 (4111) 1721 University av se, Gl 1078 (Pontiac, Michigan)
Geary, Lyman E, A49 (1405) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Red Wing)
Gunn, James H, A48 (5977) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (St James)
Hagedorn, Howard J, 1T49 (3947) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Hardwick)
Horning, Richard H, A48 (9569) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708
Ko, Roy, Gr, 1721 University av se. Gl 1078
Lyon, James A, IT48 (7640) 1721 University av se (Bethel)
Mayeda, Ray K, A48 (7434) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Chicago, Illinois)
Nichols, Charles F, G46 (6670) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Duluth)
Osaka, Walter K, IT48 (8422) 1721 University av se, Gl 1078
Petersen, Eugene J, A48 (9630) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708
Petersen, Loren G, A46 (8774) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Worthington)
Ravholt, Reimert T, A48 (7492) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Luck, Wisconsin)
Note: should be spelled “Ravenholt”
Reimer, John H, Ed49 (2103) 1721 UniverSity av se (Luverne)
Samuelson, James B, A47 (5807) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Glenwood Springs, Colorado)
Teter, James B, B47 (8964) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Albert Lea)
Walsten, David M, A48 (9071) 1721 21st av se (Duluth)
Wicks, George W, IT49 (2699) 1721 University av se, G1 1708 (Oklee)
Williams, James E, A49 (1042) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Dayton, Ohio)
Yamada, Edward, Ag48 (UFI369) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Hawaii)
Yamada, George G, G47 (1633) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708
1946 Directory
1946-1947 U of M Directory
32 known student residents
Students Cooperative, Inc. listed as “cooperative residence and eating place”
JOHN KAY ADAMS (Sycamore, Illinois)
DONALD FRANKLIN BAER (Fergus Falls)
JOHN DAVID BARTOL (Chisholm)
Royden A Belcher A47 (5744) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Thief River Falls)
Wilbur E Bennington, IT49 (4419) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Centerville, South Dakota)
KENNETH GEORGE BERGE (Wahkon)
WARREN THOMAS BORGESON (Park River, North Dakota)
WESLEY C BORGESON (Park River, North Dakota)
GILBERT HERMAN DAMMANN (Norwood)
MAURICE JOHN DE WARD (Olivia)
CHARLES ROGER EMERSON (Elmore)
MELVIN EDWARD EVANS
HOWARD J HAGEDORN
THOMAS ANDREW HANSON
RICHARD HARRY HORNING
EUGENE D JENSEN (Luck, Wisconsin)
ELEANOR CATER JOHNSTON (Eleanor was a popular men’s name in the early 1900s)
STANLEY CLOUD KAPLAN (Albert Lea) said by RT Ravenholt to play lovely piano music
ELWYN GEORGE KINNEY
GEORGE R KLARE
ARNE KNUDTZON (Tostrupsgt 20, Oslo, Norway)
JULIUS VERNON LEE
GARDNER L MILLER
EILER CHRISTIAN RAVNHOLT
OTTO H RAVNHOLT
Ravholt, Reimert T, A48 (7492) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Luck, Wisconsin)
Note: should be spelled “Ravenholt”
John Howard Reimer Ed49 (2103) 1721 University av se (Luverne)
MYRON LEROY THOMSON
GERALD RICHARD TWETTON
EDWIN K VAN DE RIET
ERIK WAHL (Oslo, Norway)
James Edmond Williams, A49 (1042) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Dayton, Ohio)
1947 Directory
As depicted in The Gopher 1950 courtesy U of M archives
1947-1948 U of M Directory
42 (!) known student residents
Earl A Altier, B49 (10058) 1721 University av se, GI 1708
Rodney E Anderson, IT50 (16153) 1721 University av se. Gl 1078 (Moose Lake)
Walter W Ashauer, A50 (16710) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Glencoe)
Donald Franklin Baer, ITS (12850Y) 1721 Universitv av se, GI 1078 (Pelican Rapids)
Wilber E Bennington, B49 (5694) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Centerville, South Dakota)
Jack P Blomgren, A50 (5355) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Milltown, Wis)
Warren Thomas Borgeson, IT49 (17105) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Park River, North Dakota)
Wesley C Borgeson, IT50 (12316) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Park River, North Dakota)
Donald W Codding, IT50 (17397) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Watertown)
Richard E Cribbs, IT50 (464) 1721 University av se (Forest City, Iowa)
Gilbert Herman Dammann, IT48 (613) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Norwood)
Maurice John De Werd, A50 (16186) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Olivia)
John B Eckstein, IT49 (7115) 1721 University av se, GI 8177 (New Ulm)
Charles Roger Emerson, A50 (11440Y) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Elmore)
Willy A Gjöstöl, IT50 (3674) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Norway)
George P Gurley, L50 (9562) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Pipestone)
HOWARD J HAGEDORN (Hardwick)
C LEE HARRIS (Park River, North Dakota)
EUGENE D JENSEN (Luck, Wisconsin)
Dorain E Jensen (Luck, Wisconsin)
Elwyn G Kinney, Ag50 (UFI087) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Fairmont)
Gordon W Kinney, A50 (l550Y) 1721 University av se, GI 1078 (Fairmont)
ARNE KNUDTZON (Tostrupsgt 20, Oslo, Norway)
Milbert C Korfhage, A50 (13820X) 1721 University av se, GI 1078 (Winona)
Melvin H Laikola, B49, 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Eveleth)
John H Leaf, IT51 (14792) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Glencoe)
Thomas A Meagher, A50 (13010) 1721 University av se, GI 1078 (Park River, North Dakota)
G Eldon Michaelson, A50 (9043) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Luverne)
GARDNER L MILLER (Fairmont)
James N Peterson, B49 (148002) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Lake City)
EILER CHRISTIAN RAVNHOLT
Ravholt, Reimert T, A48 (7492) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Luck, Wisconsin)
Note: should be spelled “Ravenholt”
John Howard Reimer Ed49 (2103) 1721 UniverSity av se (Luverne)
Otto D Rempel, IT50 (l0670Y) 1721 University av se, GI 1078 (Grand Marais)
David W Richter, L51 (7558) 1721 Universityav se, Gt 1708 (Albert Lea)
Harlan H Schultz, IT50 (988) 1721 University av se, GI 1078 (Vergas)
Frank M Sovis, IT49 (13380) 1721 University av se, GI 1708
Douglas K Thompson, IT51 (7395) 1721 University av se, Gl 1078 (Rhinelander, Wisconsin)
MYRON LEROY THOMSON (Motley)
EDWIN K VAN DE RIET (Fairmont)
ERIK WAHL (Oslo, Norway)
Williams, James E, A5O (l770Z) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Chicago, Illinois) Note: same as James Edmond Williams from Ohio?
1948 Directory
1948 President of the Co-op
As depicted in The Gopher 1949 courtesy U of M archives
1948-1949 U of M Directory
32 known student residents, 1 as staff (maybe not living there)
Kuang, Huan-Pao, Research Asst, Bu 211 (6154). 1721 University av se, Mpls 14, Gl 1708
Rodney E Anderson, IT50 (10870) 1721 University av se. Gl 1078 (Moose Lake)
Walter W Ashauer, A49 (2705) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Glencoe)
Wilber E Bennington, B49 (426) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Centerville, South Dakota) Representative to the University
Warren Thomas Borgeson, IT48 (5111) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Park River, North Dakota)
Wesley C Borgeson, IT50 (10283) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Park River, North Dakota)
Darrell D Butterwick, G51 (13598) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Pipestone)
Richard E Cribbs, IT49 (10271) 1721 University av se (Forest City, Iowa)
Charles Roger Emerson, B49 (12885) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Elmore)
Allen D Flint, A51 (7305) 1721 University av se, GI 1703 (Park River, North Dakota)
George P Gurley, L50 (9616) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Pipestone)
HOWARD J HAGEDORN (Hardwick)
Walter A Jaakkola, A51 (4430Y) 1721 University av se, GI 1780 (Jacobson)
Donald A Juers, A51 (10960Z) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Lake City)
Gordon W Kinney, A50 (l550Y) 1721 University av se, GI 1078 (Fairmont)
Milbert C Korfhage, A53 (8225) 1721 University av se, GI 1078 (Winona)
Charles E Lofgren, Ag51, 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Moose Lake)
John R Logan, P52 (7050X) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Fairmont)
Thomas A Meagher, A49 (115) 1721 University av se, GI 1078 (Park River, North Dakota)
G Eldon Michaelson, L52 (11297) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Luverne)
GARDNER L MILLER (Fairmont)
Robert B, Jr Miller, IT49 (3393) 1721 University av se, Gl1708 (Freeborn)
James N Peterson, B49 (7085) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Lake City)
John E Rankin, IT49 (25511 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Brainerd)
Otto D Rempel, IT50 (783) 1721 University av se, GI 1078 (Grand Marais)
Harlan H Schultz, IT49 (5816) 1721 University av se, GI 1078 (Perham)
Robert D Searcy, Ed51 (5110) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Winona)
Myer U Skoog, Ed51 (10822) 1721 University av se (Brainerd)
Douglas K Thompson, IT51 (9681) 1721 University av se, Gl 1078 (Rhinelander, Wisconsin)
MYRON LEROY THOMSON (Motley)
Robert J Van De Riet, A52 (B10990Z) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Fairmont) Probably relative of Edwin
David F Welte, A48 (2174) 1721 University av se, GI 1078 (Rochester)
As depicted in The Gopher 1949 courtesy U of M archives
1949 Directory
1949-1950 U of M Directory Thanks to University of Minnesota Student/Staff Directories at https://hdl.handle.net/11299/52240
28 known student residents, 1 as staff (maybe not living there)
Dorian Jensen, former resident, is the new representative to the University
Rodney E Anderson, IT50 (11202) 1721 University av se. Gl 1078 (Moose Lake)
Owen Bridgwater, IT52 (0921) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Aitkin)
Richard E Cribbs, IT50 (16816) 1721 University av se (Forest City, Iowa)
William T Doran, A50 (2948) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Marinette, Wisconsin)
John B Eckstein, VetMd52 (24518) 1721 University av se, G11708 (New Ulm)
Eugene I Edie, B51 (7546) 1721 University av se, GI1708 (Rudd, Iowa)
Allen D Flint, A52 (15998) 1721 University av se, GI 1703 (Park River, North Dakota)
William M Foley, IT51 (12505) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Kelliher)
Guy A Hollenbeck, A52 (4716) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Benson)
Walter A Jaakkola, B51 (1177) 1721 University av se, GI 1780 (Jacobson)
Dwight F Jennings, IT53 (16578) 1721 University av (Brainerd)
Donald A Juers, B51 (2061) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Lake City)
Edmund J Kohler, VetMd52 (2039S) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (St Paul)
Howard Lambert, A51 (16068) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Sioux City, Iowa)
Duwayne R Lidke, IT (4866) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Fairmont)
Charles E Loegren, Ag51, 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Moose Lake) Could be spelled “Lofgren” unless previous directory was the typo
John H Longley, A50 (7601) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Little Falls)
Thomas D McCoy, L53 (2884) 1721 University av se, GI 1078 (Rochester)
George Eldon Michaelson, A51 (13826) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Luverne)
Philip M Moomaw, A52 (3018) 1721 University av se, Gl 1708 (Dickinson, North Dakota)
Howard L Paulsen, A50 (3200) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Luck, Wis)
Ernest O Paulson, A51 (7935) 1721 University av se (Benson)
Martin C Peper, A52 (13390) 1721 University av se, GI1708 (Fullerton, North Dakota)
Otto D Rempel, B51 (2272) 1721 University av se, GI 1078 (Grand Marais)
Douglas K Thompson, IT51 (5706) 1721 University av se, Gl 1078 (Rhinelander, Wisconsin)
MYRON LEROY THOMSON (Motley)
Robert J Van De Riet, A52 (3720) 1721 University av se, GI 1708 (Fairmont) Note: newly spelled “Vanderiet”
Richard A Wagner, P52 (18739) 1721 University av se, GI 1078 (Clark, South Dakota)