Food, Fun and Football! - The Source - Washington University in St. Louis

Current students enjoyed meeting alumni and guests, including Paul Menk, JD ’63, and his wife, Iris. (Jerry Naunheim Jr.)

More than 350 alumni, students, parents and friends attended the 2nd Annual Fall Festival Oct. 15, 2011. Participants enjoyed a barbecue lunch and a host of children’s activities, including face painting, pumpkin decorating and a bounce house. Later, they cheered on the football Bears as the team defeated the College of Wooster Fighting Scots 24–20. The Bears ended the season with a 6–4 record.

Rene Morency Jr., AB ’91, and his son put their artistic talents to work during the Fall Festival. (Jerry Naunheim Jr.)

Pumpkin decorating was a popular activity during the Fall Festival. (Jerry Naunheim Jr.)

Everyone who attended the Fall Festival — regardless of age — felt the Washington University spirit. (Jerry Naunheim Jr.)

Children’s activities, such as the bounce house, added to the family friendly atmosphere of Fall Festival. (Jerry Naunheim Jr.)

Peggy MacKnight, AB ’67, got to meet the university’s Bear mascot. (Jerry Naunheim Jr.)

Fall Festival gave alumni the opportunity to reconnect with friends: (from left) Jean Stemmier; Jean Dubail III, BS ’57; Pat Vaiana; Tony Vaiana, AB ’56, JD ’58; Charlotte Benkelman and Arthur Benkleman, BS ’54. (Jerry Naunheim Jr.)

The Washington University cheerleaders got the Fall Festival crowd fired up for the Bears football game against the College of Wooster Fighting Scots. The Bears went on to win the game, 24–20. (Jerry Naunheim Jr.)

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