New building at Grove City
GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The new academic building at Grove City College will be called the Hall of Arts and Letters.
John H. Moore, Grove City president, said the new building will open for classes in January.
The college's School of Arts and Letters will be named for Dr. Alva J. Calderwood, a professor at Grove City for 53 years and dean of the college for 35 years, Moore said.
The school includes the humanities, social sciences, business and teacher education departments.
Calderwood, who died in 1949, graduated from Grove City in 1896 and returned in 1897 to begin a teaching career that included English, history, mathematics, Greek, philosophy, Bible, education and Latin.
An interest in students
He was widely recognized for taking a personal interest in the lives of students and alumni. Establishing the Alva J. Calderwood School of Arts and Letters recognizes his exemplary investments in teaching and relationships, Moore said.
Perhaps no other person in the history of Grove City College influenced as many lives as did Dr. Calderwood, Moore said.
Grove City reorganized as two schools in 1997: the Albert A. Hopeman Jr. School of Science and Engineering and the School of Arts and Letters.
The college board of trustees has chosen to honor Calderwood by naming the School of Arts and Letters after him, Moore said.
Grove City, founded in 1876, is a private Christian college teaching liberal arts, sciences and engineering. It has an enrollment of 2,300 students and remains an independent entity, accepting no federal funding.