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GSP: 377 men and women
Crossbar connects to Corbin

Funded by the gift of Joseph R. and Gertrude Sellards Pearson and named in honor of his sister, it is adjacent to and mirrors Douthart Hall, also designed by Raymond Coolidge of Topeka. The three-story brick building opened in fall 1955 as a women’s hall, but in fall 1960 it became a men’s hall. It now houses 48 men in four-person suites.

One of five residence and scholarship halls funded by a 1945 bequest from Joseph R. and Gertrude Sellards Pearson, it was designed by State Architect John E. Brink and opened in January 1959 as a men’s hall; it closed in the early 1990s. In 2000, after major additions and renovations costing $14.1 million and designed by Gould Evans Associates, the School of Education moved in. Founded in 1909, the school had been housed in Bailey Hall since 1956; before that it was scattered in several campus buildings.

This building, also attached to Moore Hall, was dedicated March 26, 1968, as a U.S. Geological Survey facility. The USGS moved to other offices in 1989, and Parker now houses KGS offices including energy research and stratigraphic research. It is named for Glenn L. Parker, an alumnus and chief hydraulic engineer for the USGS 1939-46.

The Parrott facility, completed in 1970 and renovated in 1993, houses senior administrative staff, business offices, the Williams Educational Fund offices, and Media Relations offices.

Gertrude Sellards Pearson (1880-1968), a 1901 alumna, and her husband, Joseph R. Pearson (1880-1955), of Corsicana, Texas, donated $200,000 in June 1945 for five residence and scholarship halls. Raymond Coolidge, a 1924 graduate and former Kansas state architect, designed this brick building. It houses 48 men in two-person suites and opened in fall 1952; a renovation was completed in 1992. The hall is named for a niece of Pearson’s.

This concrete building, designed by Hollis & Miller of Overland Park and dedicated Oct. 14, 1978, cost $4 million. It consolidated academic and data-management computer services from other buildings, notably Summerfield Hall. It houses Information Technology staff and services including enterprise applications; KU data center infrastructure and IT security.

The KU Public Safety Office moved from Carruth-O’Leary Hall to the former Printing Services Building on west campus in spring 2006, after renovations. The 32,000-square-foot building, designed by Glober & Newcomb of Topeka and opened in April 1968, also houses the entomology collection and staff, which moved in spring 2006 from Snow Hall; the Invertebrate Paleontology Museum collection; and part of the anthropology collection. Its warehouse is used to store catalogs and other publications and University Press books.

Capping the observance of the School of Pharmacy’s 125^th year was the dedication Oct. 22, 2010, of its new building on west campus.