Business Administration Building

Various views of ground breaking ceremonies, c. 1939, for the east and south wings of the Business Administration Building. Generally, President Harding is in center holding shovel of dirt. Three men on left - Paul Young (architect); P.W. Milam and T.C. Carlson. Three men on right unidentified. View of Old Main in background. On verso: Breaking ground for new wings (east & south) of Bus. Adm. Building. Left to right: Paul Young," P.W. Milam, A.M. Harding pres." T.C. Carlson. ?]Initially known as the "Classroom Building," this Indiana limestone building was finished by 1940. In 1947, an east addition was completed, connecting the Classroom Building to the Commerce Building resulting in the structure being named the Business Administration Building. Additional departments were housed in this building, but it wasn't until the College of Business Administration moved to a new building in 1978 that the structure was renamed Ozark Hall. In 1987, the Commerce Building-portion was razed. In December 2015, Ozark Hall was renamed Gearhart Hall to honor G. David Gearhart, the fifth and former chancellor of the university