"Hail to Pitt" is the most traditional fight song of the University of Pittsburgh, which is commonly referred to as Pitt. The saying "Hail to Pitt!" is also the most traditional and commonly used slog
Pennsylvania Hall, now demolished and replaced by a modern residence hall of the same name, from inside Pitt Stadium, also now demolished. This side of Pennsylvania Hall shows the "Hail to Pitt" sign that existed in many variations throughout the years on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh. This version was painted for the 100th season of Pitt football in 1990. It depicts a stylized version of Giuseppe Moretti's Panther statues as well as the traditional script Pitt logo that served as the primary athletic logo from 1973 until 1997.
Lester M. Taylor wrote the music for "Hail to Pitt" and afterwards, according to the student yearbook, was "so besieged with offers that he almost gave up school"
George M. Kirk, wrote the lyrics to "Hail to Pitt" and served as the football cheerleader in 1910
Sheet music cover for a 1910 printing of "Hail to Pitt"
The University of Pittsburgh is a state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. The university is composed of seventeen undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urb
Hail to Pitt
…Hail to Pitt" is the most traditional fight song of the University of Pittsburgh, which is commonly referred to as Pitt. The saying "Hail to Pitt!" is also the most traditional and commonly used slogan of the University of Pittsburgh…
Hugh Henry Brackenridge, founder of Pittsburgh Academy, the precursor to the University of Pittsburgh
The university in 1833 at its location on 3rd Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh
The Cathedral of Learning, the centerpiece of Pitt's campus and the tallest educational building in the Western Hemisphere
Jonas Salk developed the first polio vaccine at the University of Pittsburgh.