Lost in the excitement of Towson University’s 150th celebration is the anniversary of our first 100 years here on this campus. It’s easy to do — when talking about the big picture that is TU’s history, it seems hard to imagine not being on this campus of rolling hills. But I’m certain for the faculty
Towson University has had its share of groundbreaking celebrations. Earl T. Hawkins, Towson President from 1947 until 1969, oversaw the beginnings of at least 13 buildings on campus. He was in charge right as members of the Baby Boom generation entered college. His administration oversaw one of the largest changes in programs and expansion as
Plans for the new Maryland State Normal School began long before the property for the campus was acquired. In the same 1910-1911 Annual Report in which Sarah Richmond stated her case for the need for a new building, she outlined what she expected of the architect the school would eventually hire, and included examples of
“Sometimes in the course of events, circumstances so combine as to set at naught the wisest of preconceived plans,” writes Sarah Richmond, Principal of the Maryland State Normal School in the Annual Report of 1910-1911, and making the case for funding a new building for her students. “In the last twenty-five years school architecture has