View of the Quad with Fowler and Johnson Halls beyond
Standing close to the foot of the stairs of the then-Freeman College Union, one sees the renewed Quad of the 1960s. Many of the oak trees planted in 1937 under the supervision of landscape architect Beatrix Farrand did not fare well. New oak trees were planted in the 1960s and survive to this day. This center of campus life is now known as the Johnson Student Center (JSC), renamed in 1997 for J. Stanley Johnson and Mary Wig Johnson, longtime friends and supporters of the College. In addition, support from the Rose Hills Foundation funded the creation of the Student Activities Center Plaza in front of today’s bookstore. Johnson Hall, seen in the distance, was erected in 1914 and was named for O.T. and Anna Johnson. With an interior reimagined by architect Hagy Belzberg, it now houses the McKinnon Center for Global A airs, John Parke Young Initiative on the Global Economy, William and Elizabeth Kahane United Nations Program and the Totton J. & Frances Moore Anderson Center for the Study of Public Policy. Alumni Hall, Oxy’s original auditorium and chapel, was redesigned and named in honor of the Choi family.