Namesakes
When still the Schenley Apartments, the buildings were simply named "A", "B", "C", "D", and "F". After their acquisition by the university for student residences, they were eventually renamed for important figures in the university's history.
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Thyrsa Amos
Dean of Women
1919-1941 -
Hugh Henry Brackenridge
University founder
1787 -
Robert Bruce
Chancellor
1819–1835; 1836–1843 -
William Jacob Holland
Chancellor
1891–1901 -
Samuel McCormick
Chancellor
1904–1921
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