Pat McArdle from the Athletics Department
presented Artemis Kirk and University Archivist Lynn Conway
with a box
of memorabilia for the Archives, relating to the 100th anniversary
of men’s basketball at Georgetown during the reception.
Included were a basketball cap, t-shirts, posters, a bottle of
Coke with a Georgetown basketball centennial label, and a bottle
of Merlot with the label “100 Years of Georgetown Basketball
- Hoya Saxa - Basketball Centennial Weekend - February 2007 -
Washington, D.C. - Merlot - Paso Robles 2003 - A Gift of Robert
Mintzer Wagner, F’48”.
Guests at the reception included (from
left to right): Francis (Tom) Coleman C’61, L’64,
L’70; James (Miggs) Reilly C’47; Brian (Puddy)
Sheehan C’61; and Joe Carroll C’54. Tom Coleman
was captain and later assistant coach while in Georgetown’s
law school. Miggs Reilly played on the 1943 NCAA finalist
team. Puddy Sheehan is in the Georgetown Athletics Hall of
Fame and was voted on to the “All-Century team” this
year. Joe Carroll was a key member of the 1963 National Invitation
Tournament team.
