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The city continued to grow and <strong>Butler</strong><br />

moved a final time in 1928 to its current<br />

290-acre location that was known as Fairview<br />

Park. The new site was nestled in a wooded<br />

tract north of the city on the White River and<br />

Inland Waterway Canal with classes meeting in<br />

the Arthur Jordan Memorial Hall. Jordan was<br />

a local businessman and philanthropist who<br />

consolidated the city’s four music conservatories<br />

into the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music,<br />

forerunner to the present Jordan College of<br />

Fine Arts.<br />

As the campus grew, so did the <strong>University</strong>’s<br />

academic offerings. In keeping with the mission<br />

of the charter, the <strong>University</strong> added to its<br />

original College of Liberal Arts and Sciences<br />

a cluster of professional schools: the College<br />

of Education in 1930; the College of Business<br />

Administration (now the College of Business)<br />

in 1937; the College of Pharmacy (now the<br />

College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences) in<br />

1945; the Jordan College of Music (now the<br />

Jordan College of Fine Arts) in 1951; and the<br />

College of Communication in 2010.<br />

Buildings added to the campus throughout<br />

its history include: Jordan Hall (1928); <strong>Butler</strong><br />

Fieldhouse (1928), which was later renamed<br />

Hinkle Fieldhouse in honor of legendary<br />

basketball coach and athletic director Paul<br />

D. “Tony” Hinkle; Robertson Hall (1942);<br />

Atherton Union (1950); College of Pharmacy<br />

and Health Sciences Building (1950); Ross<br />

residence hall (1952); Holcomb Observatory<br />

and Planetarium (1954); Schwitzer residence<br />

hall (1956); Carillon Tower (1958); Clowes<br />

Memorial Hall, Irwin Library and Lilly Hall<br />

(1963); Gallahue Hall and Holcomb Building<br />

(1973); Residential College (1989); Fairbanks<br />

Center for Communication and Technology<br />

(2001); Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall and Ford<br />

Salon (2004); and the Health and Recreation<br />

Complex and Apartment Village (2006).<br />

Significant building additions to campus<br />

have included the Atherton Union Starbucks in<br />

1999, the Allen Whitehill Clowes Pavillion in<br />

2003, the Efroymson Diversity Center in 2006,<br />

a 40,000-sqaure-foot addition to the College<br />

of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Building in<br />

2009, and a new press box in 2010.<br />

With the appointment of Dr. Geoffrey<br />

Bannister as president in 1989, the <strong>University</strong><br />

added the Institute for Study Abroad, offering<br />

academic opportunities in Argentina, Australia,<br />

Chile, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, England,<br />

India, Mexico, New Zealand, Northern Ireland,<br />

Peru, the Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Sharjah<br />

UAE and Wales to students at <strong>Butler</strong> and other<br />

schools throughout the nation.<br />

The Center for Faith and Vocation,<br />

established in 2003, and the Center for Urban<br />

Ecology, established in 2004, round out other<br />

notable offerings for <strong>Butler</strong> students.<br />

Dr. Bobby Fong became the 20th president<br />

of <strong>Butler</strong> <strong>University</strong> on June 1, 2001, and held<br />

the position until May 31, 2011. In his nearly<br />

10 years with <strong>Butler</strong>, he led the <strong>University</strong> to<br />

unprecedented heights, including successive<br />

balanced budgets, two successful strategic<br />

planning processes, record years for fundraising,<br />

expansion in student and academic facilities,<br />

and record years for both the number of<br />

entering freshmen and fundraising.<br />

Jim Danko became the 21st president of<br />

<strong>Butler</strong> on Aug. 1, 2011. Danko came to <strong>Butler</strong><br />

from Villanova <strong>University</strong>, where he was dean<br />

of the Villanova School of Business (VSB). In<br />

his six years there, Danko took VSB from an<br />

unranked program to the No. 7 business school<br />

in the country and quadrupled fundraising.<br />

During his tenure, Danko aspires to<br />

increase <strong>Butler</strong>’s national visibility, already well<br />

established after the <strong>University</strong>’s back-to-back<br />

NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four appearances<br />

in 2010 and 2011.<br />

As it has for 156 years, <strong>Butler</strong> <strong>University</strong> will<br />

continue to be a place that values tradition and<br />

embraces innovation. Today’s students, faculty<br />

and <strong>University</strong> leaders continue to write the<br />

<strong>Butler</strong> story, confident that the <strong>University</strong> will<br />

thrive on high expectations and a clear vision<br />

of excellence. This is the <strong>Butler</strong> Way.<br />

5 <strong>Butler</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />

About <strong>Butler</strong> <strong>University</strong>

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