The 40s: Building on Campus Takes Off
The Building Program Committee had $5.5 million as its goal in 1941. The outbreak of WWII interfered with its building plans, but accruing the funding proceeded. Ed Landreth, an oil producer, businessman, and member of the TCU Board of Trustees, led the campaign, raising 80 percent of its goal. These funds would be used to build or renovate sixteen buildings on campus.
After the war, the government, in its wisdom, gave veterans the GI Bill, which caused a sharp uptick in enrollment and the necessity to use barracks on campus for additional classrooms and housing.
1942
R. H. Foster Hall
1946
Ed Landreth, center of the table at a luncheon for the principals of the Building Fund Campaign; Fort Worth business people are named on the roster
1947
Tom Brown Hall men's dormitory
1948
E. M. Waits Hall
1948
1948
Article in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about the expansion of the TCU campus
1948
An aerial view of campus
1949
Fine Arts Building/Ed Landreth Auditorium