In 1913, the Lehigh Alumni Bulletin was published for the first time.

It was a humble start — a 12-page pamphlet about campus happenings that was designed to promote a closer relationship between alumni and the student body. Lehigh’s fifth president, Henry Sturgis Drinker, used the Bulletin as a vehicle to address alumni.

At the time, alumni groups at colleges across the country were publishing some kind of alumni bulletin yearly, quarterly or monthly. And Lehigh’s Alumni Association was growing with each graduating class: Membership stood at 1,220 in 1900 but more than doubled within 20 years.

Registrar Raymond Walters ’07, who also was a journalism instructor, was the first editor.

The Bulletin grew into a major university publication, publishing monthly in 1920, then nine or 10 times a year. Today the Bulletin, which is chockfull of information about the university, faculty research and alumni achievements, is distributed three times a year.