Those Places Thursday: Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

My mother moved to Ridgewood, New Jersey as a teenager and attended high school there. My father moved to Ridgewood the summer after he graduated from high school. Shortly after he had moved to Ridgewood, he went away to college at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. More than 600 miles away from their mutual town of residence, my parents found each other!
 
Elliott Hall, one of the dormitories,  is the oldest building on campus. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Front and southern side of Elliott Hall, Miami University. 16 August 2010. By Nyttend (Own work) [Public domain]. Available from Wikimedia Commons.

Alumni Hall used to be the Alumni Memorial Library. The Department of Architecture is now located in this building.

Alumni Hall, Miami University. Environmental Protection Agency Photo [Public domain]. Available from Wikimedia Commons.

My father appears in this photo from the 1963 school yearbook Recensio. He was a member of the accounting honor society Beta Alpha Psi.

Recensio, Miami University, 1963. Ancestry.com. U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Recensio, Miami University, 1963. Ancestry.com. U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

My parents are Miami Mergers (Miami alumni married to each other). The official description is "When two hearts beat as one and both attended Miami, it's a Miami Merger." There are special Miami Merger Valentines that are sent out.

Some people confuse Miami University with the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. Mail has been sent to the wrong school, and once a student was actually sent to the wrong school! This mix-up happened at the time that my parents were attending Miami University.

Wilmington News-Journal (Wilmington, Ohio), 21 September 1960, page 1