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Miami University sends Valentines to thousands of alumni couples
Miami University this week is mailing out 12,668 Valentine’s Day cards to 25,336 alums who are married to one another.
Miami University in Oxford has a high percentage of married alums compared to other campuses, according to university officials.
In total, there are 13,165 “Miami Mergers,” as they are known, representing 14.25 percent of the total living Miami alumni population. An unofficial survey found the usual percentage of alums marrying alums from the same college to be in the 3 to 8 percent range, according to university officials.
Officials don’t know why there is such a high number of Miami Mergers, but they say it may have something to do with a Miami legend. The story goes that whomever you kiss under the Upham Hall arch at midnight will be the person you eventually marry.
The university has been sending Valentine’s Day cards to Miami couples since 1973 and now sells Miami Merger address labels and cake kits, as well.
Notable mergers include Miami head basketball coach Charlie Coles and Delores Coles, and former Ohio Senator Mike DeWine and Frances DeWine.
Miami’s alumni association Web site has a section that features Miami Merger stories. For more information, click here.
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By ron
February 6, 2009 8:26 AM | Link to this
yes, the wife and i are a miami merger, and we’ve gotten the fun little valentines for 25 years now… they’re great, and we always look forward to them! we have wondered over the years if they are from the same artist, becuz they’ve usually had a cute cartoon of a couple nearby some MU landmark, like the Beta Bells, the Upham Arch, etc. But they’re a nice Miami touch. Hope they survive the budget cuts!