Opened in 1915, Shoemaker Hall has since served as a dormitory. It was named for Waite Shoemaker, an 1881 graduate of St. Cloud State, who served as a faculty member and then St. Cloud State president from 1902 to 1916. A south addition was completed in 1960.
Stewart Hall, which opened in 1948 as St. Cloud State's main classroom building, was named for Warren Stewart. Stewart served as St. Cloud State resident director from 1938 to 1948.
Tribute to the recently murdered John Lennon (1940-1980) on the west side of Atwood Memorial Center. John Lennon was a singer and songwriter and founding member of The Beatles.
Christine Jorgensen was an American transsexual woman who was the first person to become widely known in the United States for having sex reassignment surgery.
Tom Macgillivray, Robert Strack, Dick Ward, Bernie Lundstrom, Jack Amundson, Brady Watts, Bill Radovich, Rosie Moran, Mike Smith, and Brent Walz at the Bookstore groundbreaking.