 | Experience: 1987 Inductee |  | Award: Wibby Award Namesake |
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10/23/2013
The ceremony will take place during Homecoming weekend, Friday, Jan. 24th.
George Wibby has been an institution at Oakland University for 20 years. His duties have ranged from contributor to fund raiser to instructor to swimming starter to golf coach. George has done them all, and with a strong devotion to Oakland.
His service to the university began when he and his wife, Jewell, were two of the early contributors who also raise money for the athletic department. George has given thousands of dollars to the athletic program, most of which has been donated to the Jewell Wibby Scholarship Fund, created after his wife's untimely death. George, who coached golf at Oakland for six years, also headed the Michigan Red Cross for a number of years and retired from that organization after 50 years of service. He still serves as instructor in various Red Cross areas. George is also still active at he university as a starter for swimming meets, as a part-time employee at the Katke-Cousins Golf Course, and as assistant golf coach to head man, Ken Allard.
In addition to his Oakland University activities, George is the past president of the Michigan Swimming Officials Society, the Michigan AAU, was the Michigan AAU Swimming chairman, and has been a Michigan High School Athletic Association official for the past 37 years.
George has been a long-time caretaker of Oakland University, especially its athletes, and he has been a father-image to many of us, young and old. George represents what intercollegiate athletics is all about.
George has three children, Craig, Sue and Peggy.