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WUSTL Archives |
Brookings Hall is named
for Robert S. Brookings.
Completed in 1902, Brookings
Hall was leased by the University
to be the administrative
center for the 1904 World's
Fair and today serves as
the administrative center
of the University. Robert
S. Brookings was born in
1850 and later came to St.
Louis to work for Cupples
& Marston, a woodenware
and willowware wholesale
business. He and his brother
were eventually made equal
partners in the business,
and Robert took upon himself
the responsibility of moving
the University to its current
location. His gifts to the
University in his lifetime
are usually estimated at
$5 million. Brookings also
was the founder of the Brookings
Institution in Washington,
D.C., and served as chairman
of the University's Board
of Trustees from 1895-1928.
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