[Vision2020] [Spam] University Remembers 50th Anniversary of Gault Fire

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Tom

Thanks for posting this. It  happened just before I started to college. My Brother was a freshman, living in Upham hall, which  adjoined Gualt.  Knudsen was a friend of his. . It was a real tense time untill Matovitch was caught.

Roger
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From: "Tom Hansen" thansen at moscow.com
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:49:58 -0700
To: "Vision 2020" vision2020 at moscow.com,  "Idaho Vandals" vandal at uidaho.edu
Subject: [Spam] [Vision2020] University Remembers 50th Anniversary of Gault Fire

> >From Today at Idaho at:
> 
> http://www.today.uidaho.edu/details.aspx?id=3651
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> UNIVERSITY REMEMBERS 50th ANNIVERSARY OF GAULT FIRE
> 
> MOSCOW, Idaho - Survivors of the Oct. 19, 1956, Gault Hall fire that killed
> three students will gather at the University of Idaho tomorrow for a
> remembrance. The public tribute will begin 7:30 p.m. in the Gault Hall
> Living Learning Community's main common area.
> 
> Fifty years ago Paul Johnson, a sophomore from Davenport, Wash., William
> Shuldberg, a freshman from Terreton, and John Knudsen, a freshman from Idaho
> Falls, died in the early morning fire. The Gault Hall fire was one of a
> string of arsons on the University of Idaho campus in 1956. The arsonist,
> Paul D. Matovich, was sentenced to 25 years in prison. The fire was called
> the university's "saddest hour" by D.R. Theophilus, who was president of the
> university at the time.
> 
> Thursday's remembrance will include a private dinner for eight Gault Hall
> alumni. The former Gault Hall residents are traveling from New Jersey,
> Boise, Seattle and Spokane to attend. After the dinner there will be a time
> of remembrance and tribute at the Gault Hall Living Learning Community.
> 
> "These returning alumni were significantly affected by this tragedy and they
> have important stories to tell," said UI Dean of Students Bruce Pitman.
> "Many are eager to also talk about the heroism of other classmates who saved
> other Gault Hall members that night."
> 
> The Dean of Students Office, University of Idaho Alumni Association and
> University Residences are coordinating the remembrance.
> 
> Gault Hall was restored after the fire, and was used as a residence hall
> until 2003, when it was demolished. The Gault Living Learning Community was
> completed in 2004.
> 
> The remembrance will honor those who lost their lives in the fire, recognize
> the heroism of Gault residents who risked their lives to save others and
> celebrate the spirit of Gault Residents who rebuilt their community after
> the fire.
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> Something to reflect upon . . . 
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> UI '96
> 
> Came a tribe from the north brave and bold . . .
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