Collection on SpiRIT (Tiger)

Title: Collection on SpiRIT (Tiger)
Description: In 1963, a “Tiger Council” made up of RIT students purchased the two-month old Bengal tiger, SpiRIT, to serve as the school’s mascot. While SpiRIT was housed at a local zoo, the tiger was also brought to campus for a variety of events, so that students could interact with their mascot. Students trained as the tiger’s handlers, such as David A. Page (’66), formed particularly close relationships with SpiRIT, which made the animal’s untimely death in 1964 particularly difficult. In 1967, the tiger’s pelt was preserved, so that future generations could also experience the once-living embodiment of Student Pride in RIT.
Subject: SpiRIT the Tiger
Creator: Daniel Krull
Source: RIT Archive Collections
Publisher: RIT Museum Studies
Date: 2017
Contributor: Daniel Krull
Rights: RIT Archive Collections
Relation: http://library.rit.edu/findingaids/html/RITArc.0035.html
Format: Documents, RIT Reporter Clippings, Digital Print, RIT Techmila, RIT Reporter, Signage, Poster, Sculpture,
Language: English
Coverage: 1963-1989