Purdue Pete has been Purdue's live-person mascot since 1956. However, he began as a logo drawn by the University Book Store, which hired California artist Art Evans in 1940. According to the ...

The university, known for its engineering, took its name-calling from others to heart. In 1940: "The Boilermaker Special (the official Purdue mascot in the form of a locomotive mounted on an ...

The entire university found out on the men’s basketball team’s Senior Night what most of his family and close friends already knew. Purdue Pete, the beloved mascot of the Purdue Boilermakers ...