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  _~_ I " .  Patterson, at the dedication of the V, _      
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Qi  celebrating the completion of this  1 ll  .l ii
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ii , ,,3  of Kentucky hlstory," said Todd.   l
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g Kentucky landmark. Opening it · .   Y... . , _ __A, _
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 if il? i tremendous feeling. I look forward § V/I __
aj l to this building remaining a univer- E if
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— .... i  Thomas D. Clark, alumnus, Kentucky historian A (iii; '  " /""""'”"""
;_;__ . =  laureate and emeritus professor of history recalled _   _ _   _é'_ , j V
. V his first encounter with the Main Building when he $4-» _ A  
I "V· I- arrived as a graduate student in 1928. ` —\_ · —·   V
g V ·—`‘ "I landed in Kentucky without knowing anybody.   itj.  if    _ jj,  W . i T l
  l, I got out of a taxi cab right there," he said, pointing  j   V ‘ ~  I   i VV
Tl, Tl to the drive in front of the building. "Never could I   ' Q?  
I  l have imagined that this building would mean so  e,,_   ‘ , f'
E ’ , much in my life."   ,,___g_ 4  `* ;m__?      I
‘   Re—establishing the Main Building, Clark said,  I l  w r I I
* re—establishes Kentucky’s goal to make UK a na-  _ . k [ ._ ,
‘  ` ” €  tionally prominent university. "On that day histori—   I   V | I H
ans will have an opportunity to write a very happy     l_r_ — j V
chapter about a Commonwealth that had the cour—  r     V·   . :» g \
.   age, the energy and the imagination to realize its         _  ,  ` ~` \
5 full pessileiliiieev     F
. i Patterson’s statue still holds court between the é   - gjéss  
‘   Patterson Office Tower and the Main Building, E  
 V known to students and alumni as the Administra— g
` tion Building since 1948.The original building was   AA
designed by Harry R McDonald of McDonald and E  - `°— _é
Brothers (Architects) of Louisville. Patterson guar- eree i`
¤¤t€€d €0mPl€1i0¤ gf the building by Pledgmg HU of Columns from the original chapel, hidden for years, were rediscov-
his personal funds to cover the $81,000 construction ered after the tire and preserved inthe new public meeting room.
money borrowed to complete the project. Other _ _ _
buildings COIISIYUCIGCI at the genie time included ei The tower feature urlce agarrr graces the building.
men’s dormitory (later named White Hall), the
president’s house and the campus heating plant.
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