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As the shadow cast by the smoke from the industrial valley shrouded zip-code-area-53233, a light was created as a memorial to a man. A monolithic structure appeared Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam and was quickly recognized by the masses for what it represented. It was three years ago, while the grounds-keeping crew was tossing dirt on the mire that moats this particular camelephanto-potomean structure that someone decided it was critical to find a sponsor for this daedalean labyrinth. Students came; students went; some passed; and so did time. The answer was so simple, who other than a former president of the school should have his handle on the sculptured white cement edifice? And then with the sudden quickness of providence, the revelation came—the former Modern Language Building became Lalumiere Hall. The Rev. Stanislaus P. Lalumiere, S.J. has always been considered one of this institution's more revered founding fathers. He gave 25 long, laborious years of his life to the development of Marquette University. Fr. Lalumiere bought the land on 10th and State Street, the area now crowded by neon-Schlitz-Pabst-signs, and patronized by Marquette rejects. It wasn’t until 20 years later, after periods of financial adversities, that Marquette College was officially dedicated. As one of the founders of the college, Father Lalumiere became president of the college in 1887. Due to bad health, he was able to retain the position for only a year. Fr. Lalumiere was born in the small, Midwestern town of Vincennes, Indiana in 1822. He attended St. Mary’s College and later practiced law in Illinois and Missouri. Old honest Abe was one of his examiners and signers admitting Father Lalumiere to the bar. We can thank Fr. Lalumiere for the Jesuit influence permeating Marquette, along with his commitments to moral and intellectual excellence. So by way of the former Language Building, Father Lalumiere’s efforts are saluted by one of our finer architectural triumphs.
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Marquette's newest and largest residence hall for women, the former LaSalle hotel now being remodeled at 729 N. 11th St., will be named in the honor of the late Charles T. Cobeen, an alumnus and longtime student union and business manager of the university, who died about a year ago. So began a Marquette press release dated 12 December 1964. Cobeen Hall, the largest, most luxurious women’s dorm, was once a hotel with quite a reputation. As a local policeman reminisced, Yeah, that was the place to stay—the old LaSalle Hotel. The show biz people who came to Milwaukee refused to stay at any other place. We were always getting calls to go there .. . pretty wild times . .. yep.” Purchased in 1965, Cobeen Hall is named after Charles T. Cobeen, an alumnus who worked for 43 years as a business and union manager for Marquette. Of course, most residents don't have the slightest idea of who he was, and in the past few years, the dorm council has sponsored a tea to honor his widow and hopefully enlighten the residents. But teas are no longer fun, and Mrs. Cobeen hasn’t been able to make it to the last couple anyway. Mr. Cobeen retired in September of 1963 after being named alumnus of the year by the college of Business Administration. He died shortly afterward of cancer in Clearwater, Florida on December 10, 1963. His being given the Pere Marquette award was the first time the honor ever went to a member of the university staff.
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