University of Minnesota Athletics
Wendell Vandersluis - M Club Hall of Fame
Wendell Vandersluis
Distinguished Service Award
HOF Class of 2000
Wendell Vandersluis great up in Bimidji, attended Macalester College and the University of Minnesota, and discovered his passion for photography while serving an Army stint in Germany.
Returning to the U of M, Vandersluis took photojournalism and art photography courses, while working as the photo editor of the Minnesota Daily newspaper in 1968 and 1969.
He accepted the new position of senior photographer for the Men’s Athletics Department in 1970, later becoming principal photographer. He retired in 2000.