University of Notre Dame - Dome Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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Tin af ter Time Historically, the Hesburgh Library is the third building to house the University ' s library collection. Tlie Library was built on the historic Carrier Field on wl-iich Kiiute Rexikne ' s teams played, and opened its doors on September 18,1 963 , as the Memorial Library-, at the start of Notre Dame ' s 122nd acadeniic year. In 1987 it was renamed for President Emeritus Theodore M. Hesburgh, CS.C. Wlien the Hesburgh Library opened, its most distiiictive exterior feature, the ' mural, ' had not yet been installed. Tlie artist Millard Sheets was commissioned to create a work large enough to cover the southern face of the tower, visible from the football stadium. Its theme was to be saints and scholars throughout the ages; tliis was suggested by Father Hesburgh. With its size (210 feet tall), prominent kxiation, and eye-catching Word of Life mural, the Library attracts the attention of even the most casual visitor, and asserts itself as a dramatic symbol of Notre Dame ' s aspirations to academic excellence. Tlie building thus functions witliin a time-honored tradition in which respect for learning is made tangible by the special place accorded to library arcliitecture in the overall context of a campus. -Taken from the University Libraries Vebsite, 2003 Opening