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Boyd donated three hundred volumes of books to the library and relinquished use of the president's house for temporary student housing.

"Dr. Lenzmeier was named Interim President in May 2020 and later named the 19th President of Buena Vista University on October 26, 2020."

The second president Campbell (no relation to the first) served only a short time due to his wife's ill health.

"Reed restored BV as a four-year institution and secured the Mather and Miller-Stuart houses."

"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…

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.

Hostetler planted the original trees on campus.

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

President Linn projected that BV needed to raise an endowment of $350,000 in order to put the college "on its feet."

"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."