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Tony Filipovitch, Greater Mankato Foundation work to improve community

Long-time Mankato volunteer and MSU faculty member Tony Filipovitch works to improve the community as president of the Greater Mankato Foundation.

2006-04-09
By Mark Fischenich, Free Press Staff Writer [published in The Free Press, Mankato, MN, 3/16/2005]

MANKATO — Tony Filipovitch was on a roll, talking about the things that really impress him about Mankato, the cooperation and teamwork that make Mankato a great little city, the amenities in Mankato that just don't exist in most cities of 50,000 people.

Suddenly, he stopped.

"It sounds like I'm a booster," he said.

There was a look of mild surprise on his face, and there may have been a momentary hint of dismay in his voice. Filipovitch - the college professor who grew up in Chicago and Detroit and took a job in Mankato in 1978 with the plan to be out of here in three years - not only hadn't left, he'd become a booster...Full Story>>

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