Infirmary Wing of Hamilton Hospital opens (p. 322)

University for the three-year period of the drive. Under the leadership of Clarence J. Myers, ’20, and “Vellington Powell, ’21, co-chairmen, and Howard L. Jones, ’39, Director of Development since 1952, the sum was raised but due to rising building costs the effort was extended from three years to five and the total of more than $4,300,000 contributed made it possible to undertake the construction as planned. A notable donation was the Ford Foundation Grant of $765,000, Colgate’s portion of the half-billion-dollar fund given in 1955 by the Foundation to 126 independent liberal arts colleges and counted toward the Development Campaign objective. Herman Wendt, Jr., ’27, gave Colgate a million dollars in 1961, the largest single gift in the Case period. By 1962 Colgate’s endowment had a book value of over$11,500,000; its buildings, grounds and equipment were worth more than $9,200,000; annual income and expenditures exceeded $4,300,000.

The second of Mr. Case’s two decades as president saw the construction of six major buildings. The first, the Infirmary Wing of the new Hamilton Community Memorial Hospital, was opened with the hospital in 1952; they were the realization of dreams of town and gown since 1926. A residence hall, designed by McKim, Mead, and “White, was erected on the site of Eaton Hall which had been razed to make way for it. Opened in 1957, the building comprised three houses, named for Presidents Kendrick, Eaton, and Dodge. (The dormitories,