Now broadcasting from Milas Hall!
On Monday, the Olin community celebrated Olin College’s 10th birthday. In November 1997, we came into existence on paper- there were no buildings, faculty or students yet, but we were a college. The birthday celebration was a good opportunity to reflect on how far this college has come in such a short amount of time. The Board of Trustees and the President’s Council were on hand to celebrate with us, and one major event was the re-naming of the Olin Center. Those of you who have visited campus have been in the Olin Center, because that is where we in the Admission Office make our home. It is now named Milas Hall.
Larry Milas was hugely instrumental in getting Olin off the ground. He was the chair of the F.W. Olin Foundation, and had the vision and the drive to make a brand-new college appear out of thin air. In appreciation of his hard work, the Board and the President’s Council decided to surprise Larry by renaming the building in his honor. Judging by his reaction, he was incredibly surprised and touched. The students also presented a gift in honor of the birthday, and everyone had cake and ice cream. Happy Birthday Olin!
-Caitlin
Larry and his granddaughter revealing the new sign.
Every proper celebration needs an ice sculpture!
I heard that the common parlance for Milas Hall is “The Larry” - “my office is on the third floor of the Larry,” “let’s go over and study in the Larry.” (Which I personally think is vastly amusing and a lot easier to remember than a multiplicity of Olin buildings.)
Go Mr. Milas! Now if they’d only put Mrs. Milas’s famous quote up under the building name… we really need to have a Build Your Own Damn College sign somewhere.
(Hello from Shanghai, by the way! I miss you all.)
Comment by Mel — November 23, 2007 @ 10:46 pm