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U.W. Alumni — Half Century Club
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Carl Runge (right), 91, U.W. Madison 1886 alumni and a former Milwaukee judge, is shown receiving a gold top cane to honor his being the oldest alumnus in attendance at the Half Century club luncheon at the Great Hall at Memorial Union. The cane is being presented by John Berge (left), executive secretary of the Wisconsin Alumni association.
June 16, 1950
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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