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This $1.2 million structure, dedicated in 1963, is connected to the field house by an Olympic-size swimming pool. A.G. Bush, an executive vice-president and chairman of the Executive Committee of 3M (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company), and a Hamline trustee, contributed $800,00 to the cost of the structure. In addition to the pool, the building featured a ballroom on the second floor and meeting and lounge spaces for students. On May 18, 1981, the HUB (Hamline Underground Basement) snack bar and recreational room opened. This project cost $198,000.
During the summer of 1998, with the final stage of construction of the Walker Field House, the mail services office was moved from the student center to the basement of the field house. The Hamline University bookstore was then able to expand into a much-needed larger space on the first floor of the Student Center.
The Bishop
The statue shown above represents Bishop Leonidas Hamline. Bishop Leonidas was the first benefactor of Hamline University. The statue was commissioned by Annette Strand Scherer Robbins (1936) and designed by Hamline art professor Michael Price. It is dedicated (in Bishop Hamline's words) to "all who have provided the means and facilities of education."
Due to its central location, the Bishop is a common gathering or meeting place for students on campus.
