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Memorial '70 is located at the university entrance at Memorial Drive and Hillside (18th and Hillside). An annual ceremony honors the 31 WSU football players, administrators and supporters who died in a 1970 plane crash in the Rocky Mountains.Paul Suellentrop

Memorial event commemorating 1970 WSU plane crash set for Oct. 2

Sept. 27, 2023
By WSU Strategic Communications

Contact for News Reporters: Carmen Hytche, director of special events and community relations, 316-978-3142 or carmen.hytche@wichita.edu.

Memorial '70

In an annual ceremony of remembrance, a wreath is placed at Wichita State's Memorial '70 at 9 a.m. each Oct. 2. The brief ceremony honors WSU football players, administrators and supporters who died in a plane crash Oct. 2, 1970.

 

 

The annual remembrance of Memorial ’70 will be held at 9 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 2, at the memorial sculpture at the university entrance at Memorial Drive and Hillside (18th and Hillside).

A reception will be held immediately following the ceremony in the lobby of Duerksen Fine Arts Center across from the memorial. The Shocker '70 Room in 202 Rhatigan Student Center will be open for visitors.

The ceremony will honor the 31 people — WSU football players, administrators, supporters and flight crew — who died in the Colorado crash.

Those interested in making a tax-deductible contribution in memory of the crash victims can give to the Football '70 Memorial Scholarship, the only endowed scholarship at WSU dedicated in collective memory to those who died in the tragedy.

The scholarship is awarded each year to a student of any major with at least a 3.0 GPA who demonstrates financial need.

Contributions can be made through the WSU Foundation, 1845 Fairmount St., Wichita, KS 67260-0002, for the Football '70 Memorial Scholarship.

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