Fowler Library Dedicated

06/15/2007

New Library on North Campus

With the 2005 purchase of the Franklin College North Campus, the Board of Trustees and the President knew that support from alumni and friends would be crucial to the realization of the campus’s true potential. Inspired by this necessity, the Board’s Vice-Chairman Angela W. Fowler ’75, who has harbored a lifelong love for reading and a passion for learning, decided to provide the financial support that would allow the College to create a library space in the Academic Building on the North Campus. Her gift also provides for the future of the library through the establishment of an endowment that will enable Franklin to continue to purchase library resources.

The Fowler Library was officially dedicated on May 12, 2007, with a group of faculty, staff, trustees, and friends in attendance. Chairman Paul Lowerre ’75 introduced Ms. Fowler with these words:

In the American tradition of education, it is not governments who provide for the interiors of our learning spaces, it is people—people who care. My great friend and Franklin’s great friend Angela Fowler is one of those people, and I would like to thank her for her dedicated service to Franklin and also for fueling this project—a centerpiece for the College.

The new library is an inviting space with a panoramic view of Monte Boglia and Monte Bre that brings a welcome addition to North Campus’s study and instructional space. Home to a thorough selection of reference books and materials and the College’s French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish book collection, it also provides computers, audio-visual equipment, and study carrels.

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