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STUDENT UNION BUILDING, 1940 TIREY HALL, 1963 ARCHITECT: Miller and Yeager CONTRACTOR: Robert E. Meyer DEDICATED: March 15-17, 1940 COST: $440,000 HISTORY The building was a PWA funded project ($191,782.00). Eleanor Roosevelt (Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt) gave the dedication address and Rose Bampton, Metropolitan soprano performed. In 1963 it was named for Ralph Noble Tirey, President of Indiana State University (1934-1953). The auditorium is named Tilson Music Hall in honor of Lowell Mason Tilson, Faculty and chairperson of the Music Department (1915-1940).
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Tirey Hall, 1940