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Despite being the public address announcer for Oregon football and men's basketball for the
last 22 years, DonKssig, no w an author, is one of the youngest P. A. announcers in the PailO.
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Essig views history as
'Voice of the Ducks'
Bv Ashley Conklin
Emerald Sports Reporter
Don L*-ssi}4 has been .1 big part
of Oregon athletics since I'lt>7,
but probably few fans would
recognize him on the street.
Since that time. Kssig has
served .is the public address an
nouni er for Duck basketball
games at Mi Arthur Court, .is
well as moving out to Aut/.en
Stadium the following year to
begin announcing Oregon foot
ball In his 22nd season. Kssig
has seen d all as the Dui ks' I’A
announcer
"1 remember in l'lliu during
the Vietnam War I bad ready
made bomb threat announi e
ments to read in case Mac
Court had to be evacuated."
Ilssig said. "I’rim e l.ui ien
Campbell's lower floor had
been bombed out and everyone
was a little paranoid 1 also re
member once that 12.TiOt) stu
dents did a sit-in before one of
the basketball games and
threatened to stop the start of
r
UNSEEN
VOICE
m-zr
The I nseen VOil e
the game before Herb
Yumanaka and some other pen
pie talked them out ot it
Kssig graduated from t Jregon
State University but came to
Oregon and received Ins Ph I)
m educational administration
He was prior ipal at North Ku
Turn to fssig, Page 8
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