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'''Building Name:''' Loring Bailey Hall[[File:Loring Bailey Hall.jpg|thumb|right|400x248px | '''Building Name:''' Loring Bailey Hall[[File:Loring Bailey Hall.jpg|thumb|right|400x248px]] | ||
'''Other Names:''' Bailey Hall, Bailey Building, Physics and Biology Building | '''Other Names:''' Bailey Hall, Bailey Building, Physics and Biology Building | ||
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'''Official Opening:''' 18 May 1961 (Dedication) by Loring Woart Bailey's grandsons Dr. A.G. Bailey and Loring Withal Bailey | '''Official Opening:''' 18 May 1961 (Dedication) by Loring Woart Bailey's grandsons Dr. A.G. Bailey and Loring Withal Bailey | ||
'''Architect:''' Larson and Larson [[File:Loring Bailey Hall Cornerstone.jpg|thumb|right|400x332px | '''Architect:''' Larson and Larson [[File:Loring Bailey Hall Cornerstone.jpg|thumb|right|400x332px]] | ||
'''Named for:''' Loring Woart Bailey, Professor of Chemistry and Natural Science at UNB, 1861-1907; Research Wing: Charles William Argue, Professor of Biology, Head of the Biology | '''Named for:''' [http://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Loring_Woart_Bailey Loring Woart Bailey], Professor of [http://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Department_of_Chemistry Chemistry] and [http://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Department_of_Biology Natural Science] at UNB, 1861-1907; [http://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php/C.W._Argue_Research_Wing Research Wing]: Charles William Argue, Professor of Biology, Head of the [http://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Department_of_Biology Department of Biology] and Dean of Science. | ||
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'''[[:File:LoringBaileyHallplaque.jpg|Plaque Inscription]]:''' Loring Bailey Hall Named in memory of Loring Woart Bailey, A.M., PH.D., LL.D., F.R.S.C., for 46 years, from 1861 to 1907, Professor of Chemistry and Natural Science, and Professor Emeritus for 17 years thereafter, the longest term of service in the university's history. Born in 1839 at West Point, N.Y., and a graduate of Harvard in the class of 1859, he taught, in masterly fashion, throughout the greater part of his career, the sciences of Botany, Zoology, Physiology, Physics, Chemistry, and Geology. He was elected in 1882 a charter member of the Royal Society of Canada. Through his scientific writings he enriched the intellectual life of his time and enlarged the bounds of knowledge. | '''[[:File:LoringBaileyHallplaque.jpg|Plaque Inscription]]:''' Loring Bailey Hall Named in memory of Loring Woart Bailey, A.M., PH.D., LL.D., F.R.S.C., for 46 years, from 1861 to 1907, Professor of Chemistry and Natural Science, and Professor Emeritus for 17 years thereafter, the longest term of service in the university's history. Born in 1839 at West Point, N.Y., and a graduate of Harvard in the class of 1859, he taught, in masterly fashion, throughout the greater part of his career, the sciences of Botany, Zoology, Physiology, Physics, Chemistry, and Geology. He was elected in 1882 a charter member of the Royal Society of Canada. Through his scientific writings he enriched the intellectual life of his time and enlarged the bounds of knowledge. | ||
'''Notes:''' Bailey Hall houses the [[Connell Memorial Herbarium|Herbarium]] and the [[Greenhouse]] as well as the Department of Biology. Room 130 of Bailey Hall was the centre of events surrounding the [[Strax Affair]]. | '''Notes:''' Bailey Hall houses the [[Connell Memorial Herbarium|Herbarium]] and the [[Greenhouse]] as well as the [http://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Department_of_Biology Department of Biology]. Room 130 of Bailey Hall was the centre of events surrounding the [[Strax Affair]]. | ||
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Revision as of 09:36, 16 April 2015
Building Name: Loring Bailey Hall
Other Names: Bailey Hall, Bailey Building, Physics and Biology Building
Civic Address: 10 Bailey Dr.
Sod Turning: 8 October 1958 by Lord Beaverbrook
Cornerstone Laying: 19 October 1959 by Lord Beaverbrook
Opened for Use: September 1960
Official Opening: 18 May 1961 (Dedication) by Loring Woart Bailey's grandsons Dr. A.G. Bailey and Loring Withal Bailey
Architect: Larson and Larson
Named for: Loring Woart Bailey, Professor of Chemistry and Natural Science at UNB, 1861-1907; Research Wing: Charles William Argue, Professor of Biology, Head of the Department of Biology and Dean of Science.
Renovations/additions: C.W. Argue Research Wing (Sod turning: 15 May 1969); opened 17 October 1973.
Plaque Inscription: Loring Bailey Hall Named in memory of Loring Woart Bailey, A.M., PH.D., LL.D., F.R.S.C., for 46 years, from 1861 to 1907, Professor of Chemistry and Natural Science, and Professor Emeritus for 17 years thereafter, the longest term of service in the university's history. Born in 1839 at West Point, N.Y., and a graduate of Harvard in the class of 1859, he taught, in masterly fashion, throughout the greater part of his career, the sciences of Botany, Zoology, Physiology, Physics, Chemistry, and Geology. He was elected in 1882 a charter member of the Royal Society of Canada. Through his scientific writings he enriched the intellectual life of his time and enlarged the bounds of knowledge.
Notes: Bailey Hall houses the Herbarium and the Greenhouse as well as the Department of Biology. Room 130 of Bailey Hall was the centre of events surrounding the Strax Affair.
Source(s):
- UA Case 123; Section 3; Box 1; Bailey Hall.
- The Brunswickan 108(7): 19 October 1973, pg. 4.
- Plaque Inscription: University of New Brunswick Public Relations Department Photograph Collection; Series 2; Sub-series 3; File 721; Item 13.
- UNB Scrapbook (UA RG 100), October - December 1973.
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