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"Continuing fiscal issues plague BV, and Jones' hopes to establish an endowment do not materialize, especially after the Stock Market crash of 1929. Coe College looks to subsume BV, but the community rallies and manages to keep BV an independent…

"College celebrates its 50th anniversaryin 1941, and Olson rescues the college from bankruptcy."

"Old Main burned in 1956, but Dixon-Eilers rose from its ashes. Under Fisher's leadership, BV purchases an IBM data processing machine in 1959."

"During Halverson's tenure, the student population doubled and the college celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1966. Halverson oversaw the construction of Schaller Chapel and Ballou Library."

Under Briscoe's leadership, BV was able to secure an $18 million gift that resulted in the construction of the Harold Walter Siebens School of Business and Siebens Forum

BVC becomes BVU. The opening of the new Information Technology Center coincides with the inauguration of BV's 17th president. A new science center is dedicated in 2004.

President Joshua D. Merchant assumed his presidency on July 1, 2017. He resigned his presidency on May 8, 2020.

"Fracker Library served as the Buena Vista College library from 1946-1965 and was made from a repurposed army barracks building moved from Sioux City."

"Buena Vista University Library, built as an underground extension meant to connect the Ballou Library building and the Forum, while also increasing library floor space."

Exterior of Ballou Library, which served as the Buena Vista College library after Fracker Library was retired from service in 1965. This building was enlarged underground in 1996. The main floor now houses the offices of the president, the alumni and…