It is a year of milestones for Purdue in 2019. On May 6,1869 our beloved university was founded, thus allowing us to celebrate 150 years. In 1919 Harry’s Chocolate Shop opened, thus giving us a centuty of the beloved Purdue institution.
And, of course, there was July 20, 1969.
50 years ago today Neil Armstrong, our most famous alumni, only spoke for all of mankind:
This is one of the crowning achievements in the history of mankind, and Purdue played such a huge role in it. We all know of Neil’s role as an astronaut on Gemini 8 and Apollo 11.