Hoeing Hall	Lovejoy Hall

Charles Hoeing	Frank W. Lovejoy

Temporary Veterans Dormitories were built in 1946 to ease the post-war housing crunch on campus.  The trustees approved two new permanent dormitory buildings in 1952 to replace them, and these opened in the Fall of 1953 and located north of Burton and Crosby Dormitories.  Initially known as the East and West Dorms, the West Dorm was named after Frank W. Lovejoy in 1954.  He was former president of the Eastman Kodak Company and member of the UR Board of Trustees. The East Dorm was named after former librarian and Professor of Latin Charles Hoeing in September 1956. 

Hoeing was renovated in 1992 and Lovejoy in 1995.

References
1898 The Codex Dunelmensis of Terence, a dissertation presented to the board of university studies of the Johns Hopkins University for the degree of doctor of philosophy in June, 1898, by Charles Hoeing

1938 Charles Hoeing (1871-1938) grave in Mt. Hope Cemetery

1938 "Charles Hoeing, Rochester Dean," The New York Times, March 10, 1928, Page 21.
Retired Head of the Graduate Faculty of University Is Dead at 67; Former Latin Professor; Taught From 1905 to 1933; Held Degrees From Kentucky and Johns Hopkins

1938 "Death Ends Hoeing's Long Service," Rochester Review 16(3):12 (February-March 1938)

1945 "Frank W. Lovejoy, Head of Kodak, Succumbs at 73," Democrat and Chronicle, September 17, 1945, Page 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 |

1945 Frank William Lovejoy Sr. (1871-1945) grave in Riverside Cemetery, Rochester, New York

1947 F.W. Lovejoy: the story of a practical idealist: published as a memorial tribute to its long-time employee, its fourth president, and beloved friend, by Eastman Kodak company.

1948 "In Memory of Charles Hoeing," by Robert F. Metzdorf, University of Rochester Library Bulletin 4(1) (Autumn 1948)

1952 "Priority Granted for Dorms; Building Begins Next Month," The Campus, March 14, 1952, Page 1.

1952 "Construction Started on River Campus Dormitories for Men," Rochester Review 13(3):9-10 (May 1952)

1953 "Improved Dormitory Systems Sparks River Campus Scene," Campus Times, September 25, 1953, Page 1 | Part 2 |

1954 "Committee Picks Names for UR Dorms," Campus Times, May 21, 1954, Page 1.
A stone-cutter chiseled the name "Lovejoy" without warning into the block above the door of the West Dorm yesterday.

1956 "New Residence Halls Honor Martin Tiernan and Dean Hoeing," Rochester Review 18(1):9-11 (September 1956)

1977 History of the University of Rochester, 1850-1962, by Arthur J. May.  Expanded edition with notes
Chapter 35, Reunion of the Colleges
Impressive though the additions noted above were to the River Campus facilities, they do not exhaust the story of physical expansion in the first half of the de Kiewiet presidency. There were in addition two new dormitories for men, renovations in some older buildings, new teaching and research apparatus--some of it expensive and elaborate--to sustain an up-to-date educational program, enlargement of Rhees Library stacks and its resources, and acquisitions inland holdings which more than balanced subtractions.
Shouts of undergraduate joy ascended when it was revealed in 1952 that the six-year old barracks would be replaced by two residence halls, L-shaped and similar in appearance to the older dormitories, with which they would form a sort of quadrangle; financed out of University resources, each structure would accommodate 150 men. Opened in September, 1953, one of the dormitories recognized the contributions to the University and the community of Frank W. Lovejoy, a former trustee and late president of the Eastman Kodak Company; to the other was given the name of Charles Hoeing, longtime professor of Latin and dean.

1992 "Renovations proceeding ahead of schedule," Campus Times, Summer 1992, Page 1.
Hoeing Hall.

1995 "Tiernan Prepared to Move," Campus Times, September 28, 1995, Page 6.
In January, students who live in Tiernan Hall will move to Lovejoy.

1995 "Renovations open new options for dorms," Campus Times, October 12, 1995, Page 4.

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