Residence halls to be named in honor of early alumni
by Richard Veilleux - September 25, 2006 issue of The UCONN Advance
During the years after his graduation from Storrs Agricultural College in 1897, Harry L. Garrigus became an instructor of animal husbandry, bought and sold cattle and horses in order to grow the College's herd, and arranged for titles on properties adjacent to the College to be held in trust until the state could afford to buy them, expanding the College's holdings from about 300 acres to more than 1,500.
Now, in honor of the University's 125th anniversary, Garrigus' name will be attached to Hilltop Suites, a five-story residence hall at the crest of Alumni Drive that overlooks the East Campus agricultural buildings and fields he was so fond of at the turn of the 20th century.
"It's a great idea," says history Professor Water Woodward, who also is Connecticut's state historian.
"As is the case with the historic signs recently posted around campus, the renaming gives students, their parents, and the community a way to connect with the past, to the University's roots. It's important that we know where we came from."
by Richard Veilleux - September 25, 2006 issue of The UCONN Advance
During the years after his graduation from Storrs Agricultural College in 1897, Harry L. Garrigus became an instructor of animal husbandry, bought and sold cattle and horses in order to grow the College's herd, and arranged for titles on properties adjacent to the College to be held in trust until the state could afford to buy them, expanding the College's holdings from about 300 acres to more than 1,500.
Now, in honor of the University's 125th anniversary, Garrigus' name will be attached to Hilltop Suites, a five-story residence hall at the crest of Alumni Drive that overlooks the East Campus agricultural buildings and fields he was so fond of at the turn of the 20th century.
"It's a great idea," says history Professor Water Woodward, who also is Connecticut's state historian.
"As is the case with the historic signs recently posted around campus, the renaming gives students, their parents, and the community a way to connect with the past, to the University's roots. It's important that we know where we came from."
Residence halls to be named in honor of early alumni
by Richard Veilleux - September 25, 2006 issue of The UCONN Advance
During the years after his graduation from Storrs Agricultural College in 1897, Harry L. Garrigus became an instructor of animal husbandry, bought and sold cattle and horses in order to grow the College's herd, and arranged for titles on properties adjacent to the College to be held in trust until the state could afford to buy them, expanding the College's holdings from about 300 acres to more than 1,500.
Now, in honor of the University's 125th anniversary, Garrigus' name will be attached to Hilltop Suites, a five-story residence hall at the crest of Alumni Drive that overlooks the East Campus agricultural buildings and fields he was so fond of at the turn of the 20th century.
"It's a great idea," says history Professor Water Woodward, who also is Connecticut's state historian.
"As is the case with the historic signs recently posted around campus, the renaming gives students, their parents, and the community a way to connect with the past, to the University's roots. It's important that we know where we came from."
by Richard Veilleux - September 25, 2006 issue of The UCONN Advance
During the years after his graduation from Storrs Agricultural College in 1897, Harry L. Garrigus became an instructor of animal husbandry, bought and sold cattle and horses in order to grow the College's herd, and arranged for titles on properties adjacent to the College to be held in trust until the state could afford to buy them, expanding the College's holdings from about 300 acres to more than 1,500.
Now, in honor of the University's 125th anniversary, Garrigus' name will be attached to Hilltop Suites, a five-story residence hall at the crest of Alumni Drive that overlooks the East Campus agricultural buildings and fields he was so fond of at the turn of the 20th century.
"It's a great idea," says history Professor Water Woodward, who also is Connecticut's state historian.
"As is the case with the historic signs recently posted around campus, the renaming gives students, their parents, and the community a way to connect with the past, to the University's roots. It's important that we know where we came from."
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