Happy Birthday to Wally Pilot! For 75 years Wally Pilot has exemplified the spirit of University of Portland at athletic and campus events. From appearing on textbook covers, student manuals, spirit buttons to t-shirts, actual mascot costumes, and Wally Pilot figures, this most recognized figure on The Bluff was recently feted with a Wally Pilot […]
Wally Pilot
Pilots Basketball, Mascot Night, Coaches vs. Cancer
The ever popular Mascot Night, Wally Pilot’s favorite event, is coming to the Chile Center on Saturday, January 28 as Wally and his best friends plan to take over the Chiles Center and hang out with the Pilots. We hope you make plans to bring out the family for a night of basketball as the Pilot […]
Presidential Campaigns at UP
The presidential elections series on the University Museum and Archives blog features past presidential candidates who have campaigned on the Bluff. The last two entries in the six-part series are President Ronald Reagan and his re-election campaign in 1984 (pictured), featuring a stop in the brand-new Chiles Center, and Texas governor George W. Bush and […]
All You Ever Wanted To Know About Wally Pilot
As another academic year draws to a close, it seems as though a lighter post about the University’s longtime mascot would be in order. See a brief history of SPU (“Spirit of Portland U.”) and/or Wally Pilot, and a slideshow showing Wally’s development over the years on the Museum WordPress site at https://wordpress.up.edu/museum/851/. For more […]
Happy 65th Birthday, Wally Pilot
The University’s Wally Pilot was created in 1948 when Nolan Drurey ’49 won a Beacon design contest for a new UP mascot. Ever since, Wally has been a part of life on the Bluff at sporting and social events. To celebrate Wally’s milestone 65th year, the University museum has created a “Happy Birthday, Wally Pilot” […]