Shelbie King Hall
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Shelbie King Hall was dedicated in 2004 to Shelbie King, wife of Olin B. King and a notable supporter of The University of Alabama in Huntsville and the larger Huntsville community. Its namesake, Shelbie King and her husband worked hard to support UAH for many years, helping to secure funding as well as acting as trustees themselves. Their dedication to UAH's advancement in the community resulted in the donation of buildings to the campus including Olin B. King Tech Hall, and of course, Shelbie King Hall. The building serves as an administrative building on the UAH campus, housing multiple administrative departments.
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Shelbie King Hall
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Opened officially on April 16th, 2004, the Shelbie King Hall was dedicated to Shelbie King, the wife of UAH trustee and long-time supporter, Olin B. King. The King family gifted half the value of the building to the university for the sake of supporting future development on the campus. The dedication of the hall garnered praise for Shelbie King and for UAH by not only the university community, but the larger state community as well. Malcolm Portera, then Chancellor of the University of Alabama system remarked:
The key to improving quality of life and the economy in this region is to link universities with the community. There is no better example of this than UAH and Huntsville...There are people who are vital to this, and there are no better examples of such citizens than Olin and Shelbie King.[1]
Shelbie King herself expressed that the donation of the building, which had been constructed in the 60s, contemporary to Olin B. King Technology Hall, was to help the community grow and serve the university. Once the building was dedicated, its dedication plaque read:
Shelbie King, an alumnus, advocate, and supporter of The University of Alabama in Huntsville, has played a leadership role in enriching quality of life in the Huntsville community through her philanthropy and work on the boards of historic, arts and music organizations. In recognition of Shelbie King's dedication to UAH, and her outstanding contributions to our community, this building is hereby dedicated as Shelbie King Hall.[2]
The building was used to hold administrative services that had previously been housed in Madison Hall and the University Center. To this day, it is still an administrative building on the UAH campus.
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[1] [2] Brown, Chris. "Shelbie King Hall Officially Opened." Exponent (Huntsvilles) April 29th 2004. 35 ed, 26 sec.1.
University of Alabama in Huntsville. (2000). 2004-2005 Factbook. University of Alabama in Huntsville.