Tribute to the recently murdered John Lennon (1940-1980) on the west side of Atwood Memorial Center. John Lennon was a singer and songwriter and founding member of The Beatles.
Christine Jorgensen was an American transsexual woman who was the first person to become widely known in the United States for having sex reassignment surgery.
Tom Macgillivray, Robert Strack, Dick Ward, Bernie Lundstrom, Jack Amundson, Brady Watts, Bill Radovich, Rosie Moran, Mike Smith, and Brent Walz at the Bookstore groundbreaking.
Sunbathers gather behind Mitchell Hall. Named after William B. Mitchell, St. Cloud State's resident director from 1877 to 1901, Mitchell Hall was completed in 1958 as a dormitory for women.
Eastman Hall, named for Alvah Eastman, resident director at St. Cloud State (1901-1908, 1926-1933), opened in 1930 as the campus gymnasium. It served until 1965 when Halenbeck Hall opened its doors.
Opened in 1966 as a student union, the building was named in honor of St. Cloud's Atwood family, including Clarence Atwood. Atwood was an 1880 St. Cloud State graduate who served as the school's resident director from 1911 to 1921. Additions were constructed in 1972, 1993 and 2004.
Opened in 1915, Shoemaker Hall has since served as a dormitory. It was named for Waite Shoemaker, an 1881 graduate of St. Cloud State, who served as a faculty member and then St. Cloud State president from 1902 to 1916. A south addition was completed in 1960.