How did the husky dog mascot get the name Jonathan?
The Husky became UConns mascot in 1934, after the Universitys name changed from Connecticut Agricultural College to Connecticut State College, and athletic teams could no longer be called Aggies. The Alumni Association board of directors, one of whom had found a Husky pup at a Connecticut breeders, put the question of a mascot to a student vote, and the students voted overwhelmingly to accept the dog as the new mascot. A contest to name the mascot led to the tag Jonathan, after Connecticuts Revolutionary War-era governor, Jonathan Trumbull.
