Tirey Hall Student Union Building
1940
Student Union Building - 1940
Tirey Hall - 1963
Architect: Miller and Yeager
Contractor: Robert E. Meyer
Dedicated: March 15-17, 1940
Cost: $440,000.00
History
The building was a PWA funded project ($191,782.00). Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave the dedication address and Rose Bampton, Metropolitan Soprano performed. In 1963 it was named for Ralph Noble Tirey, President of Indiana State University , 1934-1953. The auditorium is named Tilson Music Hall in honor of Lowell Mason Tilson, Faculty and chairperson of the Music Department (1915-1940).
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