Library Named Areas

A number of rooms and areas in the library have been endowed by generous donors or named in honor of former faculty members or alumni/ae of the Academy. In addition to rooms, various furnishings and paintings are also gifts. A list of named areas follows.

 

Mark D. Kaplanoff ’66 Periodicals room, named in memory of Mark D. Kaplanoff, class of 1966   Periodicals Room, Ground Floor
Rockefeller Hall, named in memory of Michael Clark Rockefeller, class of 1956   Central Hall, Floor 1
Academy Librarian’s Office, named in memory of Peter R. Mason, class of 1962   Floor 1, southwest corner
Dresser Library Staff Office, given by Robert B. Dresser, class of 1898   Floor 1, southeast corner
Map Reference Area, given by Charles J. Tanenbaum, class of 1930, in memory of his father, Jerome Tanenbaum, class of 1903   Floor 1, west side
John Price Jones Room, given by Mrs. John Price Jones in memory of her husband, class of 1898   Floor 1M, east side
Lawrence Music Listening Area, given by Timothy W. Childs, class of 1953, in memory of his cousin Peter Freeman Lawrence, class of 1962   Floor 1M, south side
Paul E. Gropp CD collection, given by the Class of 1940 and the family of Mr. Gropp   Floor 1M, south side
Dr. Elbert Payson Little Computer Room, given by the Class of 1945 in memory of Dr. Elbert Payson Little, Instructor in Physics, 1938 to 1948   Floor 1M, south side
Merrill Library Staff Office, given by the Charles E. Merrill Trust   Floor 1M, south side
Dyer Study Alcove, given in memory of Henry Chouteau Dyer, II, class of 1953   Floor 2, northwest side (between carrels 29-30 and 31-32)
Kegg History Study Area, given in memory of William B. Kegg, Jr., class of 1945, by friends and classmates   Floor 2, north-northeast corner
Ottaway/Bown Adams Silent Film Library, named in honor of James H. Ottaway Jr., class of 1955, and Bown Adams   Floor 2, southwest corner
Carrel #39-40, given in memory of P. Godfrey and Caroline W. Savage, parents of Godfrey H. Savage, class of 1945   Floor 2 west side
Bates Mountaineering Room, named in honor of Robert H. Bates, class of 1929, Instructor in English 1939-1976, and containing Mr. Bates’s mountaineering books and collection   Floor 2M, southwest corner
Hays Academic Study Area, given by Mr. Daniel P. Hays, class of 1935, in memory of Ruth Freedman Hays, his mother   Floor 3, west-southwest corner
Carrel #77-78, given in memory of Stuart M. Law, class of 1911   Floor 3, east side
McConnell Fiction Area, given by Neil A. McConnell, class of 1947   Floor 3, north-northeast corner
Carrel #79-80, given in memory of Charlotte Palmer Phillips by the foundation that bears her name   Floor 3, east side
Stuckey Study Area, named in memory of Howard Stanley Stuckey, Instructor in Classics, Coach, Dormitory faculty 1917-1954   Floor 3, northeast corner
Geib Faculty Office, given by Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Geib   Floor 3M, southwest corner
Carrel #27-28, given in memory of Willliam H. Hinkel, class of 1906   Floor 3M, west side
Armstrong Special Collections Alcove, named in honor of Rodney A. Armstrong, Librarian from 1950 to 1973   Floor 4, southwest corner
Class of 1951 Room, given by the Class of 1951   Floor 4, north side
Corliss Lamont Room, named in honor of Corliss Lamont, class of 1920 and founder of the Lamont Poetry Program   Floor 4, west side
Lamont Special Collections Room, given in memory of Thomas S. Lamont, Class of 1916, and his wife   Floor 4, south side
Nimick Room, given by the Nimick family: Francis Jr., class of 1935; Charles ’40; David’42; Guthrie ’45; Reade ’45; their sister; and their parents   Floor 4, southwest corner