Southwestern Magazine | Fall 2019

T H E N A N D N OW F R O M T H E A R C H I V E S A Dynamic Landscape The recent construction, expansion, and renovation of the Jones Plaza, Fondren–Jones Science Center, and Smith Library are just the latest in a long list of dramatic transformations the SouthwesternUniversity campus has undergone since the cornerstones of its most iconic edifice, the Hugh Roy and Lillie Cullen Building, were laid on September 8, 1898. As these photographs demonstrate, during just the past 40 years, the campus has undergone significant structural changes. In To Survive and Excel: The Story of Southwestern University , 1840–2000 , Professor Emeritus of HistoryWilliamB. Jones shares that the University built or refurbished the equivalent of 50%of the total square footageof the campus between1985and2000alone, including the construction of theCorbinJ. RobertsonCenter, theF.W. OlinBuilding, the JuliePuettHowryCenter, and theCharlineMcCombs Residential Center. As Southwestern administrators hammer out the latest Master Plan today, SU community members can expect to continue seeing exciting new physical changes on campus in the years to come. 1975 2018 58 SOUTHWESTERN 2017