Elizabethtown College - Conestogan / Etonian Yearbook (Elizabethtown, PA)

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' ) - m m m m Musser Chemistry Building On August 25, 1982, the formal groundbreaking ceremony for the new chemistry building was held as students, professors, and college administrators ob- served. The building, which will be located in the area between Esbenshade Hall and Baugher Avenue, is the first building to be constructed in ten years on the college campus. December 1983 is the anticipated opening date for the facility. The Harrisburg architectural firm of Murray. Savann designed the facility, and Wartel Construction Com- pany of Lancaster was given the contract to build. The new building which will cost 2.5 million dollars, is being built to facilitate the expanding curriculum Eliza- bethtown offers in the sciences. The old Gibble Sci- ence Hall is no longer suitable for expanding chemistry department needs. The oldest wing of Gibble Hall is approximately fifty years old, and the facilities are both inadequate and outdated. The new chemistry building was name Musser Hall, in honor of two distinguished alumni of the college. Dr. Benjamin G. Musser -43 and his wife. Vera Shoop ■4}. Dr. Musser ' s long and illustrious career in medicine directly relates to the uses to which Musser Hall will be put. He has been a member of the Board of Trustees since 1965 and Mrs. Musser has long been active in the many good works of the Auxiliary to F.lizabethtown College. They both stand well to the tore among the College ' s devoted alumni. Musset chemistrv Building