This peaceful garden is named in honor of Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher. Despite state laws in Oklahoma and sixteen other states mandating racially segregated education, she was quietly determined to secure the advantages of higher education for herself . . . — — Map (db m278427) HM
This building is named for Arthur Barto Adams, the first dean of the College of Business Administration. Adams was born in Union County, South Carolina on January 24, 1887, and studied at the University of South Carolina and at Columbia. He came to . . . — — Map (db m277498) HM
On April 2, 1921, the Oklahoma Delta Kappa Chapter of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity began by initiating 27 men of the University of Oklahoma. In 2021, Delta Kappa celebrates its centennial as a leading chapter both nationally and at OU. From its first . . . — — Map (db m278163) HM
Zarrow Hall is named in honor of Henry Zarrow, a lifelong philanthropist, and his wife, Anne, who shared a passion for helping others. This building was dedicated in 2011 and houses the School of Social Work. It reflects the traditional architecture . . . — — Map (db m278103) HM
In 1893, three years after the First Legislative Assembly of the Oklahoma Territory established the University of Oklahoma, the first building On campus was completed. It was the first physical evidence of President David Ross Boyd's effort to build . . . — — Map (db m278502) HM
This library honors William Bennett Bizzell (1876-1944), the University's fifth president. Born in Texas, Bizzell received a total of seven degrees from Baylor University, The Illinois College of Law, the University of Chicago, and Columbia . . . — — Map (db m277534) HM
This part of the campus is named in honor of Stratton Duluth Brooks (1869-1949). Brooks was born in Everett, Missouri, grew up in Michigan, and studied at the Michigan State Normal School and at Harvard. He served as the superintendent of schools in . . . — — Map (db m277266) HM
This building is named in honor of James S. Buchanan, fourth president of the University. Buchanan was born on October 14, 1864 in Franklin, Tennessee, not far from the Civil War battle that was engaged there at the time. He graduated from . . . — — Map (db m278454) HM
This building was added to campus in 1932 to house the School of Home Economics and was named for the long time director of the school, Dr. Helen B. Burton. Dr. Burton was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 7, 1889. She studied at Indiana . . . — — Map (db m278091) HM
This building is named in honor of the American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919). Following the burning of Science Hall on January 6, 1903, the growing University was in dire need of new facilities. Later that year, President David Ross . . . — — Map (db m278469) HM
This building, which is now named in honor of Paul S. Carpenter (1895-1949), Dean of the College of Fine Arts and Professor of Violin, began its life as the Geology Building. It was built in 1919 as part of a trio of buildings that also included an . . . — — Map (db m278419) HM
First occupied in 1949 as a freshman women's dormitory, Cate Center was originally called the Women's Quadrangle and housed 52 women. Today, it is a coeducational residence hall. In 1960, the Women's Quadrangle was renamed Cate Center in honor of . . . — — Map (db m277027) HM
The music center is named for University of Oklahoma alumnus and supporter, Stanley B. Catlett Sr. Catlett was born in Sidell, Illinois on June 23, 1899 and his family and he moved to Indian Territory in 1901. He entered the University of Oklahoma . . . — — Map (db m278058) HM
This building was erected in 1916 to house the expanding chemistry department, and was originally named DeBarr Hall in honor of Edwin C. DeBarr (1859-1950), one of the original four members of the faculty. DeBarr was a graduate of the Michigan State . . . — — Map (db m278652) HM
Collings Hall is the home of the Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education. In 2009 and 2010, Collings Hall was enlarged and underwent major renovations. The Rainbolt family and other donors made the expansion possible. Jeannine Rainbolt was a graduate . . . — — Map (db m277649) HM
On Journalism Day, March 16, 1961, Dr. George Lynn Cross announced that the Journalism Building, first occupied in 1958, would be named Copeland Hall in honor of Dr. Fayette Copeland. As director of the School of Journalism, Copeland dedicated forty . . . — — Map (db m277660) HM
Built in 1966 to house and provide dining services for undergraduates, Couch Center was one of the final building complexes constructed under President George Lynn Cross' administration (1943-1968). Part of the efforts of George Lynn Cross to . . . — — Map (db m276874) HM
University President George Lynn Cross initiated actions in August 1946 to establish an Air unit of the Reserve Officers Training Corps at the University of Oklahoma. His action recognized the growing importance of air power to our nation's military . . . — — Map (db m277858) HM
Dale Hall, opened in 1967, and Dale Hall Tower, occupied two years later, were named for the eminent University of Oklahoma historian, Edward Everett Dale. Born in 1879, in old Greer County, Dale spent his boyhood working as a cowboy. When still a . . . — — Map (db m277669) HM
This park honors the memory of David A. Burr (1925-1987). For many alumni and friends. Burr became “Mr. OU,” serving as a senior administrator under five University of Oklahoma presidents and three interim presidents. He is the only person to have . . . — — Map (db m276878) HM
This boulevard was named in honor of David L. Boren, the 13th President of the University of Oklahoma by the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents to mark the 10th anniversary of his presidency.
Prior to becoming President of the University . . . — — Map (db m276577) HM
The Boren College of International Studies is named in honor of President David L. Boren and his founding and strong support of the college and his visionary leadership in helping internationalize the university's curriculum.
In the fall . . . — — Map (db m278107) HM
Donald Worthington Reynolds was born in 1906 to Anna Louise and Gaines W. Reynolds, a traveling wholesale grocery salesman. He spent his childhood in Oklahoma City and it was there the young Reynolds first began working in the industry he would . . . — — Map (db m278640) HM
The Donald W. Reynolds Performing Arts Center was created through an $18 million project that renovated and restored OU's historic Holmberg Hall and added a new stage house and a
20,000-square-foot facility for OU's School of Dance. Holmberg Hall . . . — — Map (db m278644) HM
Dunham College opened in 2017 as one of OU's first two residential
colleges. It is named in appreciation for the generous lead gift of
Linda and Archie Dunham to create the college.
The residential colleges were developed under the leadership . . . — — Map (db m276930) HM
Completed in 1928, Ellison Hall was built to house the First University of Oklahoma Infirmary. Originally, the building was called Hygeia Hall and was named for the Greek Goddess of health and wellbeing. In the early nineteen thirties, the building . . . — — Map (db m278571) HM
The university's first administration building burned in 1903. On December 20, 1907, the university's second administration building University Hall met the same fate. The third administration building, Evans Hall, was completed in 1912 on the same . . . — — Map (db m278492) HM
In 2016, historic Hester Hall, home of the Boren College of International Studies, officially became Farzaneh Hall because of the generous support of Mohammad Farzaneh and Jalal Farzaneh and the Farzaneh Family Foundation. Brothers, Mohammad . . . — — Map (db m278052) HM
This building honors the memory of Fred Jones. Jr., a University of Oklahoma student who died tragically in 1950. Jones was a Business Administration Senior in the Class of 1951. It was his love for flying that led to his untimely death when the . . . — — Map (db m278577) HM
Four Syracuse University women – Helen M. Lodge, Frances E. Haven, E. Adeline Curtis and Mary A. Bingham – started their own Greek-letter secret society on November 11, 1874. Thanks to Professor Frank E. Smalley, the group became the first women's . . . — — Map (db m278109) HM
Gaylord Hall was completed in the fall of 2004 and became the home of the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Its construction was made possible by a generous gift of $22 million by Edward L. Gaylord on behalf of his family, . . . — — Map (db m277059) HM
This structure was completed on May 13, 1965 to house the growing Department of Botany and Microbiology. The department had its beginnings as the School of Biology, which was founded by the University of Oklahoma's first President David Ross Boyd. . . . — — Map (db m277165) HM
This structure was completed in 1971 as a fully accredited fifty-bed hospital with complete clinical services. The Sooner student-body of 1968 voted to impose a special fee on themselves to help finance several needed facilities. In turn, the . . . — — Map (db m278094) HM
Gould Hall is the home of the OU College of Architecture. It was earlier home to the School of Petroleum Engineering. Charles Newton Gould, for whom this building is named, was born in Ohio in 1868, but moved to Kansas when he was 18. One hot August . . . — — Map (db m277161) HM
Headington College opened in 2017 as one of OU's first two
residential colleges. It is named in appreciation for the founding
gift of Tim Headington to create the college.
The residential colleges were developed under the leadership of
OU . . . — — Map (db m276933) HM
Headington Hall opened in August of 2013. It is named for former outstanding OU tennis player Tim Headington, who provided the lead gift for its construction. Referred to as a “game-changer” at the time of its opening, Headington Hall allows for all . . . — — Map (db m277021) HM
This building stands as an expression of the belief by the university family that ethnic and cultural diversity is a source of the strength of this institution. It is named in honor of two distinguished professors at the University of Oklahoma, Dr. . . . — — Map (db m276900) HM
Completed in 1925 and named for Ann Worcestor Robertson, a prominent woman in Oklahoma history, Robertson Hall was one of the first dormitories constructed by the university, but it was only opened to women.
Robertson was born in Tennessee but . . . — — Map (db m278023) HM
To commemorate the centennial celebration of Phi chapter of Alpha Phi Fraternity, this marker is dedicated by over 2,000 University of Oklahoma chapter members who continue to provide a “tie which unites, a circle of friends” for women young and old . . . — — Map (db m278160) HM
On November 13, 1919, upon the petition of ten women led by Gertrude Sidener, Epsilon Alpha became a chapter of Chi Omega Fraternity, conferred by National President Mary Love Collins. The installation took place on the second floor of The Varsity . . . — — Map (db m278022) HM
The original Jim Thorpe Multicultural Center was dedicated in 1998 in memory of the late James Francis Thorpe of Yale, Oklahoma. In 2010, the facility was permanently relocated to this building. Today it houses offices of all American Indian, . . . — — Map (db m276867) HM
This building is named for Kenneth Carlyle Kaufman. He was born on April 30, 1887, in Leon, Kansas, the son of pioneering parents. When he was eleven, the family moved to a farm near Weatherford. Kaufman graduated from Southwestern State Teachers . . . — — Map (db m277576) HM
The Lissa and Cy Wagner Student Academic Services Center was built in 2008 to bring together under one roof the main academic services available to students. The building is located on the former site of Savoie Lottinville Hall which housed the . . . — — Map (db m277503) HM
Michael F. Price Hall which houses major programs in the field of business education was completed in 2005. The Hall honors Michael F. Price who made the lead gift which made possible its construction. Mr. Price graduated from the College of . . . — — Map (db m277480) HM
Michael F. Price Hall which houses major programs in the field of business education was completed in 2005. The Hall honors Michael F. Price who made the lead gift which made possible its construction. Mr. Price graduated from the College of . . . — — Map (db m277502) HM
This building, once referred to as the “Law Barn”, is named for Dean Julien Charles Monnet, the first dean of the University of Oklahoma School of Law. Monnet was born October 4, 1868 in Keosauqua, Iowa. He earned his law degree from the University . . . — — Map (db m278755) HM
This building, which houses the Department of Physics and Astronomy,
honors one of the University of Oklahoma's most renowned professors,
Jens Rud Nielsen (1894-1979). Nielsen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark.
and attended the University of . . . — — Map (db m277548) HM
This Union building, along with Memorial Stadium, honors the University of Oklahoma students who died in World War I. In later years, it has honored those who have served their country in all wars and national emergencies. The idea for a student . . . — — Map (db m278452) HM
This part of the campus is named in honor of Vernon Louis Parrington (1871-1929). Born in Illinois, raised in Kansas, and educated at Harvard College, he came to the University of Oklahoma on September 8, 1897 to teach English. When he arrived the . . . — — Map (db m278759) HM
McCarter Hall is named in honor of Pete Kyle McCarter (1910-1988), who served as the university's first provost from 1970 to 1973. Born and raised in Mississippi, McCarter attended the University of Mississippi for his bachelor's degree and . . . — — Map (db m276871) HM
The Physical Sciences Center was designed by architects Dow Gumerson and Donald McCormick, and was constructed in 1969 at the cost of $5.5 million. Originally, the Physical Sciences Center was to include three buildings constructed in phases down . . . — — Map (db m278563) HM
This park is named in honor of R. Boyd Gunning (1913-1990). Gunning, who served OU in many capacities, is best remembered as the first and highly successful executive director of the University of Oklahoma Foundation, a post he held for thirty . . . — — Map (db m276812) HM
This building is named for Dr. Aute Richards, head of the
department of Zoology from his arrival at the University of Oklahoma
in 1920 until 1942. Dr. Richards also served the university as
director of the School of Applied Biology (1934-1942), . . . — — Map (db m277197) HM
This park is named in honor of Charles and Lynn Schusterman of Tulsa. Charles Schusterman,
distinguished OU alumnus and inaugural member of OU's Seed Sower Society, served as founder, chairman and CEO of Samson Investment Co. He graduated from OU . . . — — Map (db m277472) HM
Home to the University of Oklahoma's Army and Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps, the Armory accommodates the training of student cadets and midshipmen. Military training programs at OU were born during the last days of World War I in April 1917 . . . — — Map (db m277198) HM
The Oklahoma Mesonet is a world-class network of environmental
monitoring stations that delivers real-time measurements of atmospheric
and soil conditions continuously in every county of Oklahoma. This
weather station represents an Oklahoma . . . — — Map (db m276638) HM
The ExxonMobil Lawrence G. Rawl Engineering Practice Facility was completed in February 2010 as a one-of-a-kind building in the College of Engineering where students can benefit from real-world interdisciplinary experience. In addition to OU . . . — — Map (db m278378) HM
Professor Elkouri graduated from the OU College of Law in 1947 and earned LL.M. and S.J.D. degrees from the University of Michigan. He joined the OU law faculty in 1952. Though he retired from full-time teaching in 1985, Professor Elkouri . . . — — Map (db m276742) HM
The Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium was first built to honor students who died in World War I. The stadium's west side was built in 1925 and the east side in 1928. Further expansion occurred in 1949, 1975 and 1980.
In 1999, Athletics . . . — — Map (db m277241) HM
John Frank was the founder of the OU Ceramics Program. The program has sent its undergraduate and graduate students around the world to pursue engaging careers as artists and entrepreneurs.
He was born into a family of very limited means in . . . — — Map (db m276687) HM
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In 1947 Goff was commissioned by H.E. and Lois Ledbetter to build this home in Norman. It was completed in 1948. This house was added to the National Register in 2001. In his work, Goff sought to bring . . . — — Map (db m277906) HM
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committee. During his tenure, he advocated such sweeping changes as the addition of endowed professorships to reward merit and retain outstanding faculty members and the construction of a thriving student . . . — — Map (db m276741) HM
The National Weather Center building, a partnership between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Oklahoma, was completed in 2006. The center is one of the largest facilities of its kind in the world. It provides . . . — — Map (db m276581) HM
The National Weather Center building, a partnership between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Oklahoma, was completed in 2006. The center is one of the largest facilities of its kind in the world. It provides . . . — — Map (db m276633) HM
Construction of the OU Field House was completed in 1928. It was originally designed as a Physical Education building. At that time, all OU students were required to take a physical education course before graduating. From the time of its . . . — — Map (db m277475) HM
The completion of the Peggy and Charles Stephenson Research and Technology Center marked an important milestone in the history of science, research and technology at the University of Oklahoma. It capped a decade in which the University led the Big . . . — — Map (db m276686) HM
The Robert S. Kerr Courtyard honors the late Robert S. Kerr, Oklahoma's governor, U.S. senator and leader in the energy industry. Generous support for the courtyard was provided by William G. and Joffa Kerr. and the Robert S. and Grayce B. Kerr . . . — — Map (db m278411) HM
This walk, which extends in front of the Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium from Jenkins Street to Michael F. Price Hall, and the gardens to the north side of it are named in honor of Roy T. Oliver, Jr. He graduated from the University of . . . — — Map (db m277474) HM
This walk, which extends in front of the Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium from Jenkins Street to Michael F. Price Hall, and the gardens to the north side of it are named in honor of Roy T. Oliver, Jr. He graduated from the University of . . . — — Map (db m277477) HM
The S.J. Sarkeys Complex is named in honor of S.J. Sarkeys, energy industry leader, philanthropist and founder of the Sarkeys Foundation. The complex includes multiple facilities, which enrich the OU student experience by providing a myriad of . . . — — Map (db m276896) HM
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projects as diverse as the development of alternative energy sources to new therapies for diabetes, Alzheimer's, cancer, and other diseases. It also will foster more collaboration with the OU Health . . . — — Map (db m276692) HM
In the spring of 1909, the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents approved the establishment of a law school and the University began a search for the first dean of the school. Julian Charles Monnet, who received a graduate degree from the Harvard . . . — — Map (db m276798) HM
The Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts is the oldest and the most comprehensive college of fine arts in the Great Plains states. The first courses in music were given in 1893. The addition of painting, drawing, and drama led to the . . . — — Map (db m278057) HM
This courtyard and its gardens honor William Jarboe Ross, a 1952 graduate of the University of Oklahoma and a 1954 graduate of the College of Law. It is the gift of the late Edith Kinney Gaylord. Through the courtyard, Edith Gaylord desired not . . . — — Map (db m276757) HM
This part of the campus is named in honor of Albert Heald Van Vleet
(1861-1925). Born in Iowa and raised and educated in Nebraska and Wisconsin, he
earned his PhD at the University of Leipzig in 1897 and then undertook
an additional year of study . . . — — Map (db m277196) HM
Walker Tower was constructed in 1966 during the final phase of President George Lynn Cross' plans to expand university housing to accommodate the enormous growth OU's student body had experienced during his tenure. Initially a part of Couch Center, . . . — — Map (db m276898) HM
Whitehand Hall opened in 1921 as Albert Pike Hall, a men's dormitory owned and operated by the Masonic Lodge of McAlester. The University of Oklahoma later purchased it in the summer of 1946. On August 14 that same year, the building was renamed in . . . — — Map (db m278637) HM
Devon Energy Hall was dedicated in January 2010 as a multi-disciplinary facility for the College of Engineering. This building was designed to create a collaborative learning environment, and at the time of construction represented the largest . . . — — Map (db m278374) HM
President David Ross Boyd (1853-1936) arrived in Norman on August 6, 1892. Born in Ohio and educated at Wooster College, he had been hired as the first president of the fledgling University. He later recalled, “Not a tree or shrub broke the . . . — — Map (db m278633) HM
This structure was originally built to house the Faculty Club of the University of Oklahoma in 1925. The original Faculty Club was organized in 1920 by a group that included such long
time university leaders as Dr. Stratton D. Brooks, President of . . . — — Map (db m278634) HM
This building honors the memory of Fred Jones. Jr., a University of Oklahoma student who died tragically in 1950. Jones was a Business Administration Senior in the Class of 1951. It was his love for flying that led to his untimely death when the . . . — — Map (db m278632) HM
In many ways a university must be built and rebuilt by each succeeding generation. The university will not continue to live on as a vital institution in our society unless each succeeding generation gives to it new energy, creativity, intellectual . . . — — Map (db m278586) HM
