Eugene C. Eppley Administration Building

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| start_date = 1955

| completion_date = February 5, 1956

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The Eugene C. Eppley Administration Building is located on the University of Nebraska at Omaha north campus in Omaha, Nebraska.[http://www.unomaha.edu/pages/eab.html "Eppley Administration Building"], University of Nebraska at Omaha. Retrieved 6/7/08. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518020906/http://www.unomaha.edu/pages/eab.html |date=May 18, 2008 }}Larsen and Cotrell. (1997) The Gate City: A history of Omaha. University of Nebraska Press. p 266.

History

After attending an Omaha University football game with then-college president Milo Bail in 1949, Gene Eppley was asked what the growing university needed. Milo told him that a library was in order for their new campus, to which Eppley wrote a check for $850,000, the entire cost of the two-story structure.{{cite news|title=University of Omaha Library To Bear Name of Donor, 'Gene Eppley Library'|url=http://digital.olivesoftware.com/olive/apa/unomaha/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=GTW%2F1955%2F12%2F23&id=Ar00100&sk=141B17E2|accessdate=17 February 2016|work=The Gateway|agency=University of Nebraska Omaha|date=December 23, 1955}} Seven years after his death in 1958, the Eppley Foundation donated $50,000 to assist the university's hiring of new professors, and in 1976 the original Eugene Eppley Library became the current Eppley Administration building.McCellan, K. [http://media.www.unogateway.com/media/storage/paper968/news/2004/08/10/People/Theres.More.To.Uno.Buildings.Than.Just.A.Name-2548160.shtml "There's more to UNO buildings than just a name"], Gateway. August 1, 2004. Retrieved 6/7/08. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927220608/http://media.www.unogateway.com/media/storage/paper968/news/2004/08/10/People/Theres.More.To.Uno.Buildings.Than.Just.A.Name-2548160.shtml |date=September 27, 2008 }} Eppley's gift and the building of the Eppley Administration Building is credited with accelerating the growth of Omaha University. Several buildings, including the student center and engineering buildings, were built soon after the opening of the Eppley Building."Eppley's gifts", UNO Alumni Association. Retrieved 6/7/08. The overall growth of the university in the years after the building's dedication is attributed to the opening of the library, as well.[http://www.ses.unomaha.edu/pdf/96-97.pdf Undergraduate catalog"], University of Nebraska at Omaha. Retrieved 6/7/08.

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Category:Libraries in Omaha, Nebraska

Category:Library buildings completed in 1956

Category:University of Nebraska Omaha

Category:University and college administration buildings in the United States

Category:University and college buildings completed in 1956

Category:1956 establishments in Nebraska