Grier Hall is named for the three generations of the Grier family of

Drafts of plaques for campus buildings

^{GRIER HALL}^{Built in 1932 as the central heating plant for the Teachers College, this
building was remodeled and named Grier Hall in remembrance of Elbert,
Benjamin and Duane Grier, three generations of the same family who were
Chief Engineers for the College. Duane Grier (right), an alumnus
of the College, was promoted in the 1960s to Physical Plant Director and
held the position until he retired in 1984.}

^{Duane Grier}

^{Architect: C. H. Johnston, St. Paul

Building completed: 1932, dedicated: 1974}

^{DAHL HALL Millie H. Dahl began her career at Moorhead Normal School in 1910 as the resident nurse for the students of the college. In 1912, she was appointed the superintendent of the college's dormitories, remaining in that position for over forty-one years, until her retirement in 1953, by which time the college had become Moorhead State Teachers College.}	Millie H. Dahl
^{Architects: Foss and Company, Moorhead. Building completed and dedicated: 1959.}

^{SNARR HALL}^{Snarr Hall is named in honor of Dr. Otto W. Snarr,
president of Moorhead State Teachers College. A native of West Virginia,
Dr. Snarr had a distinguished career as a professor of education
before coming to the college in 1941. He saw the school through the difficult
years of World War II and the postwar transition period. Dr. Snarr
retired in 1955 and died in West Virginia in 1966.}

Otto W. Snarr

^{Architects: Foss and Company, Moorhead, Minnesota.

Building completed: 1962, dedicated 1964.}

^{LOMMEN HALL Lommen Hall is one of four buildings built in the aftermath of the 1930 fire that destroyed the original college building. Built as the campus Training School in 1932, the building has served as the center of teaching education ever since. In 1972, the building was renamed Lommen Hall in honor of Georgina Lommen, director of the campus school from 1923 to 1943.}	Georgina Lommen
^{Architect: C. H. Johnston, St. Paul. Building completed: 1932, rededicated: 1972.}

^{BRIDGES HALL Samuel G. Bridges was hired by Moorhead State Teachers College in 1921, to teach history, economics, and political science. During most of his career he was the chairman of the Division of Social Studies, and over the years played a leading role in organizing the faculty to participate in the governance of the college. He retired from the college in 1951.}	Samuel G. Bridges
^{Architect: Foss, Engelstad & Foss, Moorhead. Building completed: 1968, dedicated: 1972}

^{HOLMQUIST HALL Holmquist Hall is named for Delsie Holmquist, who joined the faculty of Moorhead State Teachers College in 1929. During her 37 years with the college, one of the longest tenures in the school's history. She served successively as professor of English, chair of humanities and Dean of General Studies. Miss Holmquist retired from the college in 1966.}	Delsie Holmquist
^{Architect: Foss, Engelstad & Foss, Moorhead Building completed:1969, dedicated: 1972}

^{MURRAY COMMONS Murray Commons is named for Dr. Byron Murray, who began his career at the college in 1926. In addition to spending 41 years as a professor of English, Dr. Murray directed the publications of the college and was the college's first director of graduate studies.}	Byron Murray
^{Architect: Elken and Hanson, Moorhead Building completed: 1970, dedicated: 1972}

^{JOHN NEUMAIER APARTMENTS

Dr. John Neumaier, the seventh president of the
college, was born Hans Neumaier in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, the son of a
prominent businessman and a famous opera star. Forced to leave
Germany as a young man during the Nazi persecution of German Jews, young
Neumaier came to the United States in 1940, changing his name to
John. He was educated at the University of Minnesota, and taught
philosophy at Hibbing College before}^becoming^{dean of the college in
1955. Dr. Neumaier became president of Moorhead State College in
1958 and served here until 1968, presiding over one the most dynamic eras
of the school. He subsequently served as president of the College
of New Paltz in New York, retiring in 1972.

This is the second building on the University campus to be named in honor
of Dr. Neumaier. The first, built in 1970, was razed in 1999.}

^{John J. Neumaier}

^{Architect: R.
H. Rogers &
Associates, Fargo

Building completed: 2002, dedicated: 2003}

^{WELD HALL}^{Frank A. Weld was just 24 years old when he became a school
superintendent in Zumbrota, Minnesota. Seventeen years later, after
serving as superintendent to three schools and working in the publishing
industry, he became the second president of the college, in the summer of
1899. During his twenty year tenure at Moorhead Normal School, Weld worked
to expand the curriculum and increase the faculty and student body of the
school. He also served as president of the Minnesota Education
Association. After retiring from the college in 1919, he worked
again in publishing. Weld died in Missouri in 1933.}

Frank A. Weld

^{Architect: State}^Architect's^{Office, St. Paul.

Building completed: 1915, addition in 1957.}

^{LIVINGSTON LORD
LIBRARY}^{Livingston C. Lord, a native of}^{Connecticut,
was the superintendent of schools in St. Peter, Minnesota when he was
hired to be the first president of the Moorhead Normal School in
1888. During his eleven-year tenure, Lord firmly established the
school as a premier institution for teacher training. He left the
college in 1899 to become president of another institution in Illinois}^{.
He died, in Illinois, in 1933.}

^{Lord's command of
American and English}^literature^{was such that the}^{American
Scholar noted that he found in reading the "one thing in the
world of value, the active soul." It was therefore natural to
name the library in his honor.}

Livingston C. Lord

^{Architect: Magney,
Tussler and Setter, Minneapolis.

Building completed: 1961, additions in 1971, 1987.}

^{FLORA FRICK HALL}

^{This building was
originally constructed in 1932 as the college's athletic building.
Years after athletics had been relocated to the Nemzek}^Fieldhouse^{,
the building was remodeled for class use. It was renamed
in 1962 in honor of Flora Frick, who taught women's}^athletics^{and German at the college from 1919 until her death in 1958.}

Flora Frick

^{Architect: C. H.
Johnston, St. Paul for 1932 facility,

Foss, Engelstad, and Foss, Moorhead for remodeling.

Building completed: 1932 athletic}^facility^{, 1972
class building.}

^{ALEX NEMZEK
FIELDHOUSE

Alex J. "Sliv" Nemzek was a life-long Moorhead resident and
star athlete who earned letters in four sports at Moorhead High School and
was part of the school's undefeated 1913 football team. As athletic
director and coach of all the major sports teams from 1923 to 1941,
Sliv Nemzek compiled a unexcelled record at Moorhead State Teachers
College. Nemzek was also active in community affairs, serving as the
city's mayor from 1948-49 and as commander of the local national guard
unit for over twenty years. Two}^years^{after
his death in 1958, the}^college^{named its new field
house in his honor.}

Alex J. Nemzek

^{Architect: Melander,
Fugelso & Associates, Duluth.

Building completed: 1959 with subsequent additions, dedicated 1960.}

^{COMSTOCK MEMORIAL
UNION

The Comstock Memorial Union was named in honor of one of the first
family's of Moorhead history, the Comstock family. This included Ada
Comstock, president of Radcliffe College, her brother George Comstock, a
resident director of the college for many years, and Sarah Ball Comstock,
their mother and one of the founders of the Moorhead Public Library.
Foremost of the Comstocks was Solomon Comstock (1842-1933), one of the
original settlers of Moorhead, who, as a}^state^{senator, authored the bill for the establishment of a teachers college in
Moorhead and donated the land on which the original campus of this
University was built.}

Solomon Comstock

^{Architect: Foss,
Engelstad and Foss, Moorhead.

Building completed 1967, dedicated 1968.}

^{BALLARD HALL

Caswell Ballad joined the faculty of Moorhead Normal School in 1899 as
a professor of sciences. He remained at the college for thirty-eight
years, teaching biology and botany, and contributing to the statewide
survey of Minnesota plant life. Ballard also was active in local
government, serving several terms on the Moorhead City Council.
Moving to Iowa upon his retirement in 1937, Ballard remained active in}^research^{until his death in 1949. The college named this building in his
honor in 1950.}

Caswell A. Ballard

^{Architect: Ingemann
and Bergstedt, St. Paul.

Building completed and dedicated: 1950.}

^NELSON^HALL^{This dormitory, one of several built during an era of rapid
growth and development, is named in honor of Minnesota District Judge
Norman Nelson, who served on the State College Board for over ten years,
and was president of the board for two terms. Because the state
discontinued the practice of naming directors from specific college
communities in the 1960s, Judge Nelson was the last "resident"
director for the college.}

Norman Nelson

^{Architect: Foss,
Engelstad and Foss, Moorhead.

Building completed and dedicated: 1967.}

^{KING BIOLOGY}^HALL^{Genevieve King joined the faculty of Moorhead State College in 1947 as a professor of}^botany^{and biology. For her contributions to the sciences and the education of students over a twenty-seven year period, Moorhead State University dedicated this hall in her honor in 1974, In 1985, the Genevieve}^King^{Scholarship was established for senior students in biology.}	Genevieve N. King
^{Architect: Elken, Geston and Hanson, Moorhead. Building completed 1970, dedicated: 1974.}

^MACLEAN^HALL^{Raymond B. MacLean, a native of Wisconsin, was a school}^{superintendent}^{and Minnesota State Director of Elementary Schools before becoming the
fourth president of Moorhead State}^Teachers^{College
in 1923. He served as president from then until 1941, seeing the
college through the difficult years of the Great Depression.
Retiring in 1941 because he had reached the mandatory age, MacLean then
another spent two years at the Minnesota Department of Education writing
classroom materials related to the Second World War. He retired
completely in 1945 and died in 1947.}

Raymond B. MacLean

^{Architect: C. H.
Johnston, St. Paul.

Building completed and dedicated: 1932.}

^HAGEN^HALL^{Olaf J. Hagen was born in southern Minnesota in 1872 and
grew up in the Red River Valley. After attending college in St.
Cloud, he taught school for a few years before studying medicine at the
University of Minnesota. Dr. Hagen practiced medicine and surgery in
Moorhead, was a co-founder of the Fargo Clinic, was active in community
affairs, and was for many years a member of the University of Minnesota
Board of Regents and a resident director for Moorhead State
College.}

Olaf J. Hagen

^{Architect: Foss,
Engelstad and Foss, Moorhead.

Building completed and dedicated: 1965.}

^OWENS^HALL^{Jane M. (Jennie) Owens came to Moorhead State Teachers
College in 1923, becoming the college's registrar. She held this
position for twenty-eight years before retiring in 1951. Among her
finest services to the college was the task of reconstructing the student
and employee records of the school after the 1930 fire destroyed the}^original^{college building, and her success throughout the years of the Great
Depression in securing financial aid for hundreds of MSTC students.}

Jennie Owens

^{Architect: Thorsen and
Thorshov, Minneapolis

Building completed: 1969, dedicated: 1972.}

^GRANTHAM^HALL^{Virginia Fitzmaurice Grantham joined the faculty of
Moorhead State Teachers College in 1929, spending thirty-five years at the
college teaching French and Spanish. As an active advisor to the
College Student Commission (the forerunner to the present student
government) she}^played^{an instrumental role in}^establishing^{the Honors Convocation for recognizing high student
achievement.}

Virginia Grantham

^{Architect: Foss,
Engelstad and Foss, Moorhead.

Building completed: 1965, dedicated: 1966.}

^{KISE COMMONS}^{One of the longest-serving faculty members in the college's
history, Joseph Kise taught history and government for thirty-eight
years. In addition to serving as president of the Minnesota
Education Association and vice-president of the National Education
Association, Dr. Kise was acting president of the college for a brief
period in 1958. Upon his retirement in 1961, the college honored Dr.
Kise with the title of "Dean Emeritus."}

Joseph Kise

^{Architect: Foss,
Jyring and Whiteman, Hibbing.

Building completed: 1962, dedicated: 1963.}

^{ROLAND DILLE CENTER FOR
THE ARTS}^{Roland Dille, a native of Dassel, Minnesota, was the
seventh president of Moorhead State University, holding the office from
1968 to 1994, the longest tenure in the university's history. Dr.
Dille's many accomplishments as president included the development of the
University's Foundation, the establishment of the Tom McGrath Visiting
Writers Series, the success of "Project E-Quality," a
comprehensive program to recruit minority students, and the establishment
of the Tri-College University system with neighboring
institutions. During this era, student enrollment rose to a record
high of over 9100. The University honored President Dille upon his
retirement in 1994 by placing his name on the Center for the Arts .}

Roland Dille

^{Architects: Foss,
Engelstad and Foss, Moorhead, and Stegner, Hendrickson and McNutt,
Brainerd.

Building completed: 1966, for original building, 1979 for addition.

Building dedicated: 1994.}

^{HENDRIX HEALTH
CENTER}

^This^{building is named in honor of Noble B.
Hendrix, who served as Dean of Students for Moorhead State College from
1965 and 1968. As a consultant on the subject of health services to
the Minnesota State College Board,}^Dean^{Hendrix was
instrumental in helping the state college campuses establish modern,
up-to-date student health services.}

Noble Hendrix

^{Architects: R. H.
Rogers and Associates, Fargo.

Building completed and dedicated: 2003.}