ISU to name buildings for Coover and Snedecor

INFORMATION SERVICE IOWA. STATE XJlTI-VEJPlSITTr Jjjyj AMES, IOWA OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 50010 Ph: 294-4777 I-J-5 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ' ISU to Name Buildings for Coover and Snedecor Ames, Iowa — Iowa State University will rename two buildings to honor long-time faculty members, George W. Snedecor, professor emeritus of statistics, and Men/in S. Coover, dean emeritus of engineering. The Electrical Engineering Building will be designated as Coover Hall and the Service Building will be known as Snedecor Hall. Approval for the action was given Friday (Nov. 14) by the. State Board of Regents at its meeting in Iowa City, Coover was head of the electrical engineering department when the Electrical Engineering Building was completed in 1950 and was instrumental in the planning of it, The Service Building houses the Statistical Laboratory, which was founded by Snedecor in 1933, and the department of statistics. The building has been in use since 1939, Coover, 79, came to Iowa State in 1935 as head of electrical engineering and served in that capacity until 1954 when he was appointed associate dean of engineering. Because of retirement regulations , his appointment was changed-to administrative assistant for the Division of Engineering in 1956. From January 1958 to March 1959, he was acting dean of the College of Engineering, after which he was made dean emeritus. At various times he served as acting head of the departments of industrial and civil engineering, and continues (more)