Donald Allan at laying of Butterfield House cornerstone
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Student Senate president Donald Pearson Allan (Class of 1941), wearing a raincoat, adds an item to the cornerstone at the new Butterfield House dormitory which was built in 1940. Mr. Pearson went on to work in the University's Agriculture and Extension Service as Administrative Assistant to the Dean and Director of the College of Agriculture 1960 then as Assistant Director of the Experiment Station and Extension Service. "Don Allen '41, cornerstone laying, Butterfield" written on note with photo, "Butterfield Cornerstone Don Allan '41" written on label on back. Photo provided by Joseph Bornstein (Class of 1944), who left the University briefly to fight in the war then returned to graduate in 1947.
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