“The lead private donor for the Sports Center Complex was Harry A. Gampel, a 1943 UConn Business School graduate, whose $1 million gift was the largest private contribution to UConn at that time, and the school gave him naming rights in perpetuity to the basketball arena.”Does anyone remember how they settled on the name Gampel? Basically what were the circumstances behind the donation?
That is the worst story on how it got named. Wow that sucks lol Was hoping thered be some great Uconn Alum that did some great things in the state for basketball or sports in general. I guess its better than some corporate name like The Hartford Pavilion. lol
Was that Picture taken with a civil war era camera? lol!Gampel (still under construction) and Memorial Football Field as seen from the Grad Dorms where I lived, it was an easy walk from there to the doors of Gampel for the many games I got to see.
I had a thick set of hair then, now my head looks like Gampel's dome
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