Regents History: August 5-7, 1964
Board Membership
- Alfred Noehren, President, Spencer
- Maurice Crabbe, Eagle Grove
- Wilbur Molison, Grinnell
- John Oberhausen, Dubuque
- Stan Redeker, Boone
- Dannie Rosenfield, Des Moines
- Harriet Lubetkin, Des Moines
- Melvin Wolf, Waterloo
Meeting Highlights
The Board convened with just eight Regents during the summer of 1964, following the April resignation of Regent John Chrystal of Coon Rapids, who was appointed Iowa State Superintendent of Banking. Jonathan Richards of Red Oak was appointed a week after this meeting to fill Chrystal’s seat.
Virgil Hancher was appointed President Emeritus at the University of Iowa, following 25 years of transformative leadership as the university’s 13th President. Howard Bowen, president of Grinnell College was appointed UI president at the March 1964 meeting and held that post for five years. Hancher would hold his emeritus appointment for just seven months until his death in January 1965. He was 68.
The Board accepted the recommendation of the building and business committee and State College of Iowa (UNI) President James Maucker to locate the forthcoming science building “on the east end of the south half of the Sabin Hall parking lot bordering 27th street.” The new science building opened for classes during the Fall 1968 semester and was named for Clifford McCollum, dean of the UNI College of Natural Sciences from 1968-84. McCollum Science Hall serves students at UNI to this day.
The Board approved project description and budget for a new women’s dormitory on campus at Iowa State. Plans called for a 10-story building consisting of eight floors of student rooms, a ground floor, a mezzanine and a basement. The dorm was presented as the first structure in a complex of residence halls to be located north of Lincoln Way. The Maple-Willow-Larch Complex was built in 1969 and currently can house 1,580 students.
