Boardman Memories

For the full text of an individual's remembrance of Boardman House, click on their name.

Jeanne D. (Yancey) Gray, Class of 1948

Jeanne D. (Yancey) Gray, Class of 1948

Those stairs were killers, and why we didn't have someone break a leg is beyond me.

Jack Holcomb, Class of 1956

Jack Holcomb, Class of 1956

I always make the tour of the "old downtown campus" and remember.

Jack Eaton, Class of 1953

Jack Eaton, Class of 1953

On the wall in our current home I have a black-and-white tile picturing the Boardman House.

Wade Alexander, Class of 1953

Wade Alexander, Class of 1953

It was an intimate, friendly building that gave us a sense of being part of the ongoing mission of Ithaca College.

Sandy MacDonald, Class of 1960

Sandy MacDonald, Class of 1960

The basement of Boardman House . . . was the location of the snack bar.

Will Traphagen, Class of 1956

Will Traphagen, Class of 1956

Walter Beeler taught us what it truly means to be a professional, and those rehearsals were undoubtedly the most important part of my training.

Vern Hinkle, Class of 1956

Vern Hinkle, Class of 1956

We knew Boardman House as the Administration Building.

Arnie Heitz, Class of 1955

Arnie Heitz, Class of 1955

I asked my future wife to marry me out in the yard at the Boardman House.

Fran (Cicero) LaPlaca, Class of 1960

Fran (Cicero) LaPlaca, Class of 1960

Inside that building was the glue that would hold me together and motivate me to move forward and upward.