{"id":2261,"date":"2015-11-01T14:13:33","date_gmt":"2015-11-01T20:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/?p=2261"},"modified":"2020-02-10T17:49:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T23:49:24","slug":"mcpherson-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/2015\/11\/01\/mcpherson-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Named places: McPherson Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"McPherson\"<\/a>

President Harry McPherson<\/p><\/div>\n

McPherson Hall opened as IWU\u2019s first modern production and instructional facility for Theatre on April 17, 1963. Prior to the Hall, a carriage house adjacent to Kemp Hall had been in use since 1949. This building is named for Harry W. McPherson, IWU President (1933-37), long-time Trustee and member of the Class of 1907. More information about him is available in his presidential blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Melba Johnson Kirkpatrick Laboratory Theatre and Jerome Mirza Theatre are part of the McPherson Theatre Arts department.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ken Albers (standing) is pictured with Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick.<\/p><\/div>\n

Kirkpatrick was a 1932 IWU graduate and headed the University\u2019s Drama Department from 1938 to 1943. A champion of the arts in Bloomington for several decades, she received both the McLean County Women of Distinction Award and Illinois Wesleyan\u2019s Distinguished Alumni Award.<\/p>\n

\"Mirza\"<\/a>

Jerome Mirza<\/p><\/div>\n

The theatre in Illinois Wesleyan\u2019s McPherson Hall was named the Jerome Mirza Theatre in recognition of a $2.5 million gift to the School of Theatre Arts (SoTA) from the Jerome Mirza Foundation in October 2015.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/strong>A 1960 graduate of Illinois Wesleyan, Mirza (1937-2007) was a well-known Bloomington and Chicago trial attorney, who often credited his courtroom success to the theatre training he received at Illinois Wesleyan.\u00a0See the press release<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

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