[cover] [seal of the University of Missouri] University of Missouri Ceremony for Naming of Residence Halls November 22, 1958 Memorial Student Union 10:30 a.m. [page 1 - blank] [page 2] Ceremony for Naming of Residence Halls November 22, 1958 10:30 a.m. Memorial Student Union Presiding Elmer Ellis, President, University of Missouri Isidor Loeb William L. Bradshaw, Dean, School of Business and Public Administration Frank Mitchell McDavid James A. Potter, Former Member, Board of Curators, University of Missouri Allen McReynolds Frederick A. Middlebush, President Emeritus, Director, University of Missouri Powell Bassett McHaney James A. Finch, President, Board of Curators, University of Missouri The Board of Curators of the University of Missouri on October 10, 1958 took official action to place the names of the individuals indicated on the comp1eted buildings formerly called the Nurses Residence Hall, and the North Residence Halls A and B and the Dining Room. [page 3] [photograph of the Isidor Loeb Dining Hall] [caption] Isidor Loeb Dining Ha11 [photograph of Isidor Loeb] [caption] Isidor Loeb, 1868-1954 Isidor Loeb was born at Roanoke, Missouri on November 5, 1868, the son of Bernard and Bertha (Meyer) Loeb. He attended the University of Missouri 1881-1882, 1884-1887, and 1891-1893, receiving the B.S. degree in 1887, M.S. and LL.B. in 1893, and LL.D. in 1933. In 1894-1895, he was University Fellow in Jurisprudence at Columbia University in New York, from which he received the Ph.D. degree in 1901. He attended the University of Berlin in the year 1899-1900. In 1892-94, he served as tutor in history at the University of Missouri, was Assistant Professor 1895-1899, and Professor of Political Science and Public Law 1899-1925. He served in various administrative posts also; Dean of the University Faculty 1910-1916, Acting President in 1923, Dean of the Faculty of Business and Public Administration 1916-1925. In 1925 he became Professor of Political Science and Dean of the School of Business and Public Administration in Washington University, St. Louis. Dean Loeb was a member, in 1933 President, of the American Political Science Association, a member and for many years on the finance committee of the State Historical Society of Missouri, a member of the American Economic Association, the Phi Beta Kappa Society, and Phi Delta Phi. In addition to several books and many reviews and articles, he was co-editor of the Journal of the Missouri Constitutional Convention of 1875, and editor of the Debates of this convention [page 4] [photograph of McDavid Hall] [caption] Frank Mitchell McDavid Hall [photograph of Frank McDavid] [caption] Frank Mitchell McDavid, 1863-1943 Frank Mitchell McDavid was born at Hillsboro, Illinois on December 11, 1863, the son of Thomas W. McDavid. After high school he read law and taught school for a few years, coming to Springfield, Missouri in 1889 and entered the practice of law. He served as a member of the State Senate from 1902 to 1910 and had an active part in the establishment of the Southwest Missouri State College at Springfield. He was a prominent figure in party politics in Missouri and was active in the Presbyterian Church, the Springfield Chamber of Commerce, and the Modern Woodmen of America. In 1921 he was appointed a member of the Board of Curators of the University of Missouri. He served on this board, the last ten years as president, until his death in 1943 He was widely known and loved, having an engaging personality which made for him few enemies and many friends. For this reason, he was widely known as a leader who could get others, working in groups, to agree and unite on common policies and programs. [page 5] [photograph of McReynolds Hall] [caption] Allen McReynolds Hall [photograph of Allen McReynolds] [caption] Allen McReynolds, 1877- Allen McReynolds was born November 7, 1877 in Carthage, Missouri the son of Samuel and Helen (Halliburton) McReynolds. He was granted the A.B. degree by the University of Missouri in 1901, studies law, and became a practicing attorney. Prominent in local affairs, he was appointed in 1929 a member of the State Survey Commission which made a complete study and report of public education in Missouri. From 1930 to 1934 he served on the State Board Eleemosynary Institutions and was chairman of the Committee on Social Security in 1936 and chairman of the Children's Code Commission in 1938. He served as a member of the State Senate from 1935 to 1943 and was active in supporting important legislation during this time. In 1940 he was unsuccessful candidate for the democratic nomination as governor of the state, and in 1945 a delegate to the Constitutional Convention which wrote the New Constitution. Senator McReynolds served as vice-president and president of the State Historical Society of Missouri and is still a trustee of the Society. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and the Order of the Coif and in 1954 was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws by the University of Missouri. In 1945 he was appointed a member of the Board of Curators of the University of Missouri and served until 1951, for five years as president of the Board and is a member of the Board of Curators of Stephens College. [page 6] [photograph of McHaney Hall] [caption] Powell Bassett McHaney Hall [photograph of Powell McHaney] [caption] Powell Bassett McHaney, 1905-1957 Powell McHaney was born at White Oak, Missouri on June 10, 1905, the sone of James Flake and Eva Ann (Moore) McHaney. He received the A.B. degree from the University of Missouri in 1925 and the LL.B. degree from Harvard University in 1928. Washington University conferred on him the LL.D degree in 1955. He began his legal practice in St. Louis in 1928, then served in the office of the Attorney General and in the Missouri State Insurance Department. From 1935 to 1942 he practiced, with specialty in insurance law, in St. Louis, then became vice-president in 1950 and president of the company in 1961. He was a director in many important business concerns, and a leader in many community and civic enterprises. He was a director in of Lindenwood College and from 1951-1957 a member of the Board of Curators of the University of Missouri, from 1951-1954 serving as President of the Board. He was a member of many legal and insurance associations and of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity, Phi Delta Phi, and Alpha Kappa Psi. As President of the Board of Curators, he led the movement to build the Medical Center on the campus of the University of Missouri. [page 7 - blank]