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Hansen Student Center Dedication (Video And Program), Illinois Wesleyan University

Dedications and Groundbreaking Ceremonies

The event marks the end of the renovation work that transformed Illinois Wesleyan's Memorial Gym into the student center. A film of the ceremonial "wall breaking" event that took place at the start of the work is available at vimeo.com/605088427.

Center For Natural Sciences Dedication (Video And Program), Illinois Wesleyan University

Dedications and Groundbreaking Ceremonies

Speakers at this event include President Minor Myers, jr.; Dr. Scott Anderson, Physics major '35; David Bailey, Division Director for the Natural Sciences;Trisha Dailey, Student Senate President; Robert reardon, Vice President of the Board of Trustees; Craig Hart, President of the Board of Trustees. Mr. Hart recognizes the designers/builders of the facility during his remarks, and a ribbon cutting follows. The October 6, 1995 Argus contains a story on this event; see https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/collection/iwu_argus/id/4589/rec/4

Arnold Health Services Dedication (Video And Program), Illinois Wesleyan University

Dedications and Groundbreaking Ceremonies

Names of speakers: Ben Rhodes, Advancement; IWU President Wayne Anderson; Hugh Henning, President of the Board of Trustees; Chaplain William Whitehurst; Lloyd Bertholf, IWU President 1958-68; Delores Helm, IWU Nurse at the time of this dedication.

Names of some of the other people who were present at this event are Velma Arnold, Don "Swede" Larson, Jack Horenberger, and Glenn Switchenberg. If you can identify more of the participants contact archives@iwu.edu

At the end of the ceremony Ben Rhodes tells a story about a weight from the Health Services office that was in Hedding Hall when it burned down in 1943. …