Albert Watrel Collection

Collection — RG Box: 4

Identifier: 3-11

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Albert Watrel Collection contains paper ephemera, news clippings, memorandums, and other communications and reports spanning from 1968 to 1977. Notably, the collection includes news releases, memorandums, and official correspondences regarding Watrel’s dismissal in 1976. Also included are papers chronicling the aftermath of Watrel’s dismissal, and James Roberts acting presidency.

Dates

1968 - 1977

Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

During Albert Watrel’s tenure as president of Slippery Rock State College between 1968 and 1976, enrollment climbed to more than 4,000 and the college was reorganized into the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the School of Fine Arts and Humanities. During this time, intercollegiate athletics earned significant national recognition and grew to 19 men and women’s teams. A wide variety of intramural sports were available for both men and women. In 1974, N. Kerr Thompson Stadium (now Mihalik-Thompson Stadium), with 10,000 seats, was dedicated for football and track events. Watrel formed the Slippery Rock Foundation (now Slippery Rock University Foundation) to secure additional private financial support for the college. His bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees were from Syracuse University.