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 +======Morrill Science Center======
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 +**Constructed**: 1950-1966
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 +**Architects**: James H. Ritchie Associates; Morris W. Maloney; Desmond and Lord
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 +<br /><a href="http://scua.library.umass.edu/speccollimages/referenceimages/RG150-0004803.png"><img src="http://scua.library.umass.edu/speccollimages/referenceimages/RG150-0004803.png" alt="Morrill Science Center" style="width:220px; border:1px solid #333; padding:5px;" /></a>
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 +===== Design and construction =====
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 +Situated on the eastern edge of central campus, the Morrill Science Center was constructed to house teaching and research space for natural sciences departments, including Biology, Geology, Microbiology, and Zoology. 
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 +Somewhat confused in appearance, Morrill was apparently intended by the architects to harmonize both with the earlier neo-Georgian brick buildings that dominated the campus landscape and more contemporary building styles of the post-war era, but succeeded at neither.  Sections of the center were constructed by three separate design firms, making for a less unified feel than other buildings: the western entranceway was designed by Ritchie Associates, the southern wing was the product of Desmond and Lord, and the wings that straddle the east-west exterior passageway are by Morris W. Maloney.
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 +===== Naming of the building =====
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 +Named for Justin S. Morrill, Congressman from Vermont and author of the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1858 that authorized land grant colleges.
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 +==== Source ====
 +  * Norton, Paul F., //Amherst: A Guide to Its Architecture// (Amherst, Mass., 1975).
 +  * For additional information, consult the University Archives (RG 36/101).
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