FACTS ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
GENERAL INFORMATION
LOCATION  LEXINGTON, a community of about 100,000 located in the heart of Kentucky's famed Bluegrass region. Renowned as the thoroughbred horse breeding center of the world, Lexington's surrounding countryside is dotted with famous horse farms. The city also is known as the world's largest loose-leaf tobacco market. It is located about 80 miles east of Louisville and 85 miles south of Cincinnati, Ohio.
FOUNDED  1 865
ENROLLMENT  Approximately 6,000
PRESIDENT  Dr. Herman Lee Donovan
VICE-PRESIDENT  Dr. Leo M. Chamberlain
FACULTY CHAIRMAN OF ATHLETICS  Dean A. D. Kirwan
ATHLETIC CONFERENCE  Southeastern
NICKNAME OF TEAMS  Wildcats
GYMNASIUM  Memorial Coliseum (capacity 13,000)
COLORS  Blue and White
FIGHT SONG  "On, On U of K"
MASCOT  "Colonel" (a live Kentucky wildcat)
BAND  "Marching  100" directed by Warren Lutz
ATHLETIC STAFF
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR  Bernie A. Shively (Illinois '27) HEAD BASKETBALL COACH  Adolph Rupp (Kansas '23) ASST. BASKETBALL COACH  Harry Lancaster (Georgetown '32) TRAINER  Charles (Smoky) Harper (Mercer '23) EQUIPMENT MANAGER  S. C. (Buster) Brown ACCOUNTANT  David Doyle
TICKET SALES MANAGER  Harvey Hodges (Kentucky '3D SPORTS PUBLICITY EDITOR  Ken Kuhn (Michigan State '46)
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