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Dobbs Group

Dobbs Group: Jones Hall (left), Laws Hall (center), and Lathrop Hall (right) (Courtesy of University Archives, University of Missouri: 1960 Savitar).
Date designed: 1957
Date constructed: 1957
Date of dedication: December 3, 1960
Architectural consultant: HOK, St. Louis, MO
Named after: Samuel Spahr Laws, UMC President, serving from 1876-1889.
John Hiram Lathrop, the first UMC President, serving from 1841-1849 and 1865-1866.
John Carleton Jones, former dean of the College of Arts and Science and acting UMC President from 1921-1923.
Ella Victoria Dobbs, Professor Emeritus of the College of Education and UMC faculty member from 1909-1936.
Group Razed: 2015-2017
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