Ground Breaking for New NIU Biological Science Building in 1967

From the December 27, 2017, MidWeek  "Looking Back."

1967, 50 Years Ago.

"Ground breaking ceremony for the new $4.3 million biological services-nursing education complex at Northern Illinois University was held today.

"The structure, which is named for former NIU biological sciences professor Charles E. Montgomery, will be located in a woods area on NIU's Wast Campus.

This area is right by the Lagoon and off Lincoln Highway.  Construction was delayed at times by students protesting the cutting down of the woods.

--RoadDog