Michigan State University Ombuds Office Marks 40 Years of Service

MSU established its Office of the Ombudsman in 1967 -- the first office of its kind at a large U.S university. Today, the office celebrates forty years of continuous service. True to his mandate of confidentiality, the current ombuds, Stan Soffin, declines to identify the name of the graduate student who sparked the idea for the office in 1965. (The State News.)