Academic Complex (WKU) - Building Name - Academic Complex<br />Date Built - 1969<br />Dedicated - Oct. 10, 1970<br />Cost of Construction - $2.7 million<br />Gross Square Feet: 118,728<br />Building No. 47<br />Architects - Ben Johnson and Frederick St. Clair, Owensboro, KY<br /><br />E.H. Canon Wing named in honor of WKU's registrar E.H. Canon who served in that position from 1925 to 1959. The name was approved by the Regents on July 8, 1969.<br /><br />R.G. Cochran Wing named in honor of Robert Cochran, dean of Public Affairs & Public Relations between 1948 and 1971.<br /><br />L.Y. Lancaster Wing named in honor of L.Y. Lancaster a member of the Biology Department from 1923-1960.<br /><br />Park City Daily News:<br />Academic Building Bid $1,674.692, July 23, 1967<br />Bid Opening Set Today on WKU Academic Building, July 21, 1967<br />Contract is let for University Building, Aug. 24, 1967, p.1<br />New Academic Complex at Western, July 30, 1968<br />New WKU Building to house Clinic, Sept. 9, 1966, p. 1<br />Western Plans New Academic Complex, Aug. 8, 1967<br />WKU Gets Grant for Building, Apr. 2, 1967<br />Regents Okay Increase in Western Complex, Oct. 30, 1966<br />New WKU Building to House Clinic, Sep. 27, 1966<br /><br />Louisville Courier-Journal:<br />Bid is Received of $2.7 Million on Western Job, July 25, 1967<br /><br />Other sources<br />Homecoming program, Oct. 10, 1970 | Western Kentucky University