Wackerlin attended Aurora College in 1914. She and her husband, Jake, ran the Wackerlin Service Station and Restaurant on Aurora's East Side until they retired in 1946. Jake Wackerlin loved the game, sponsoring and playing on the Wackerlin Oilers, a 1930s Aurora-based team. The center will debut with a seven-Thursday lecture series on ethics from April 19 to May 31. The public is invited.
Admission is free.
Experts from across the nation will speak from 7 to 9 p.m. in the university banquet hall of Alumni Hall at 1410 Marseillaise Place in Aurora. Programs will consist of an hour each for the presentation and dialogue with speaker.