Dillard University

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Dillard University is a private, faith-based liberal arts college in New Orleans, Louisiana. Its address is 2601 Gentilly Blvd, 70122. Founded in 1869 and historically African-American, it is affiliated with the United Church of Christ and the United Methodist Church.

The present campus near Gentilly Road and the London Avenue Canal was established in the 1930s.

[edit] List of Dillard University Buildings

[edit] Camphor Hall

Camphor Hall is a hall at Dillard University, New Orleans. It was built in 1947. This female dormitory was originally a male dormitory. Building was named in honor of Louisiana native, educator and missionary, Bishop Alexander Priestly Camphor.

[edit] Dent Hall

Dent Hall at Dillard University, New Orleans, is the university's gymnasium. It was named in honor of Dr. Albert W. Dent, the university's third president. It was built in 1969 at the end of his service. Dent Hall is the home of the Blue Devils and the Lady Blue Devils basketball teams. In this building are The Division of Educational and Psychological Studies, the Honors Program, classrooms, computer labs, a dance studio, weight center and swimming pool.

[edit] Hartzell Hall

Hartzell Hall is a hall at Dillard University. It was built in 1935. Hall is named in honor of Joseph Crane Hartzell, a missionary bishop for the Methodist Episcopal Church. Building was originally a junior and senior female dormitory, now is a female freshman dormitory.

[edit] Henson Hall

Henson Hall is a hall at Dillard University. This university's old gymnasium was built in 1950 and renovated in 1990. The building is named in honor of explorer and co-discoverer of the North Pole, Matthew Alexander Henson. He was the first Negro to have reached the North Pole.

[edit] Howard House

Howard House, built in 1936, was originally a guest house, but currently is home to the business program. The building was named in honor of New Orleanian native Alvin Pike Howard (1889-1937), successful businessman, former professor of Tulane University and former director of Hibernia National Bank; he is a noteworthy contributor to the development of Dillard University.

[edit] Kearny Hall

Kearny Hall is a hall at Dillard University. It was built in 1935 and renovated in 1966 and 1996. This building is named in honor of New Orleanian Warren Kearny, Trustee of Dillard University. Kearny Hall is located at the center of the campus. In the building are a lounge area, bookstore, Post Office, the C-store and deli, cafeteria and the offices of the food service, as well as the Office of Student Affairs.

[edit] Lawless Memorial Chapel

Lawless Memorial Chapel is a Dillard University's chapel. It was built in 1955. Chapel was dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alfred Lawless Jr. and his son Theodore K. Lawless M.D. on October 23, 1955.

[edit] Nelson Hall

William Nelson Hall consisted of three modular buildings that served as undergraduate housing for students. Nelson Hall was destroyed by fire during Hurricane Katrina

[edit] President's House

Built in 1936, the president's residence has been renovated three times; 1964, 1972 and 1997. It has been home to six of the seven presidents of Dillard University.

[edit] Rosenwald Hall

Rosenwald Hall is a hall at Dillard University. Dillard's first permanent building was originally the campus library. It was built in May 1934. The building is named in honor of philanthropist Julius Rosenwald, to whom the building was dedicated in June 1948.

[edit] Samuel DuBois Cook Fine Arts Center

Samuel DuBois Cook Fine Arts and Communications Center at Dillard University, New Orleans, was built in 1993. Building is named in honor of Dillard University's sixth president Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook. With his tenure came the start of the modernization of Dillard University's infrastructure. In the building are the Fine Arts Gallery and studios, the Mass Communications Television Studio, the Music Department, the thriving Drama Department and a theater.

[edit] Stern Hall

Stern Hall is a hall at Dillard University. Dillard's science building was built in 1952. It's named in honor of Edgar Bloom Stern, prominent financier and philanthropist of New Orleans. The building was renovated in 1952 and again in 1968.

In the building are the Division of Nursing, Division of Natural Sciences, two computer labs, Biology, Chemistry and Physics labs as well as a learning center sponsored by the Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation (LAMP) program.

[edit] Straight Hall

Straight Hall is a hall at Dillard University. It was built in 1936 and renovated in 1957, Straight Hall was originally a female dormitory in its earliest days. Currently it is a male dormitory. The building is named in honor of Seymour Straight, president of the Board of Trustees of Straight College which opened in 1869 and later in 1930 merged with New Orleans University to form Dillard University.

[edit] Will Alexander Library

Will W. Alexander Library is the Dillard University's library. It was built in 1961. The library was dedicated in honor of the first acting president of Dillard University, the Rev. Will W. Alexander on October 22, 1961. The library houses an extensive collection of books, journals, microform and newspapers, as well as such historical documents as the papers of the American Missionary Association of the United Church of Christ. In this building are the Office of African World Studies and the Office of Global Studies.

[edit] Williams Hall

Williams Hall is a female dormitory building located to the left of Kearny hall. Dedicated in honor of noted New Orleanian educator and philanthropist Fannie C. Williams(1882-1980) in June 1946, the building was renovated in 2000 and turned coed in 2004

[edit] List of Dillard People

[edit] Alumni

The following notable individuals are alumni of Dillard University:

Mattelia B. Grays, Ed.D. '52 - 18th International President (1970-1974) of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc.

Glenda Goodly McNeal, MBA '82 - Senior Vice President and General Manager of Retail and Emerging Industries for Establishment Services North America at the American Express Company and a member of the Dillard University Board of Trustees.

Warren A. Jones, M.D. '71 - the first African American elected President of the American Academy of Family Physicians; the first African American to serve as Executive Director of Medicaid for the State of Mississippi and a member of the Dillard University Board of Trustees.

Justice Revius O. Ortique '47 - the first African American to serve on the Louisiana State Supreme Court; a member of the Dillard University Board of Trustees and a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

Joyce M. Roche, MBA - President & CEO of Girls, Inc.; former President and Chief Operating Officer of Carson, Inc.; and the First Female Chairperson of the Dillard University Board of Trustees

John Ruffin, Ph.D.'65 - the first Director of the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities at the National Institutes of Health.

Ruth J. Simmons, Ph.D. '67- the first African American President of an Ivy League University (18th President of Brown University) and the first African American President of a "Seven Sisters" school (9th President of Smith College).

Mitchell W. Spellman, M.D., Ph.D. '40 - Founding Dean of the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science; Professor of Surgery Emeritus of Harvard Medical School and a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

William W. Sutton, Ph.D. '53- the 4th President of Mississippi Valley State University and a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

Walter T. Tillman, Jr., M. Ed. '98 - a public servant who served in a gubernatorial campaign, two mayoral administrations, and three national civic boards before his 30th birthday; the 4th Equal Business Opportunity Officer (and youngest) for Jackson, Mississippi; and former Southwestern Region Assistant Vice-President for Alpha Phi Alpha, Fraternity, Inc.

[edit] University Presidents

The following individuals currently or previously served as President of Dillard University:

9th Marvalene Hughes, Ph.D. (2005 - Present)

8th Bettye Parker Smith, Ph.D.

7th Michael Lucius Lomax, Ph.D.

6th Samuel DuBois Cook, Ph.D.

5th Myron Wicke

4th Broadus Nathaniel Butler

3rd Albert Walter Dent

2nd William Stuart Nelson

1st Rev. Will W. Alexander

[edit] Trustees

The following corporate, civic and religious leaders currently or previously served on the Dillard University Board of Trustees:

Herschel L. Abbott, Jr., Esq.

Rudolph P. Byrd, Ph.D.

Samuel DuBois Cook, Ph.D.

Charles A. Ferguson

Robert W. French

Eben Hardie, Jr.

Wesley A. Hotchkiss

Warren A. Jones, M.D. '71

Robert E. Johnson

Lester E. Kabacoff

Rosa Freeman Keller

Hugh A. Latimer

Glenda Goodly McNeal, MBA '82

Steven Odell

Deadrick C. Montague

R. King Milling

Bishop William B. Oden

Justice Revius O. Ortique '47

Joyce M. Roche, MBA

Kenneth W. Thompson

Margaret F. Washington, RN

Ambassador Andrew J. Young, Jr.

[edit] Hurricane Katrina

The campus, not far from the lower levee breach of the London Avenue Canal, suffered extensive flood damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Nelson Hall was destroyed by a fire.

As of January 2006, the students of Dillard University are taking their normal classes at The New Orleans World Trade Center and The New Orleans Hilton Riverside Hotel. They will resume back on campus in September of 2006, and continue getting the Avenue of the Oaks back in order. [1]. A bus fire also destroyed belongings of 37 students who were in the process of being evacuated. [2] [3]

[edit] External links

Dillard University - official website
Dillard University Hurricane Katrina Information
Snapshots of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees from Dillard University

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