Naming Of Residence Halls

I. Men's South Residence Halls -- Hitt Street
a. Hall D -- Dockery-Folk Hall
b. Hall E -- Hadley-Major Hall
c. Hall F -- Gardner-Hyde Hall
d. Hall G -- Baker-Park Hall
e. Dining Hall -- John J. Pershing Hall

II. Women's Residence Halls -- Kentucky Avenue
a. Hall A -- John Carleton Jones Hall
b. Hall B -- John Hiram Lathrop Hall
c. Hall C -- Samuel Spahr Laws Hall
d. Dining Hall -- Ella Victoria Dobbs Hall

Biographical Notes

A. Names for Men's Residence Hall Group
1. Residence Halls
The living groups organized in all men's residence halls as units for self-government and participation in intramural activities are named for deceased Missouri governors. These groups exits in Defoe, Stafford, Cramer, and Graham halls on Hitt Street and in McReynolds and McDavid halls on South Sixth Street. Halls D, E, F, and G each contain two of these groups, and the names of two governors are chosen for these halls.
The following deceased governors came from the counties indicated and held office as shown below:
Alexander Monroe Dockery -- Daviess -- 1901-1905
Joseph Wingate Folk -- St. Louis -- 1905-1909
Herbert Spencer Hadley -- Jackson -- 1909-1913
Elliott Woolfolk Major -- Pike -- 1913-1917
Frederick Dozier Gardner -- St. Louis -- 1917-1921
Arthur Mastick Hyde -- Grundy -- 1921-1925
Sam Aaron Baker -- Cole -- 1925-1929
Guy Brasfield Park -- Platte -- 1933-1937

2. Dining Hall -- Men's Residence Group
This group of halls, including Defoe, Stafford, Cramer, Graham, and Dockery-Folk, Hadley-Major, Gardner-Hyde, and Baker-Park will be known as the Pershing Group from the name of the dining hall.
John Joseph Pershing, general of the Armies of the United States, came from Linn County. Born in 1860, he graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1886, and had a distinguished career which led to his appointment as General of the Armies in 1919. He retired from active duty in 1924 and died in 1948.