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When the Engineering Building opened for classes in the fall of
1950, it housed all School of Engineering departments. It was
the first academic addition to the campus after World War II.
Engineering alumnus A. J. Dyer, founder of Nashville Bridge Company,
was a major contributor to the building fund and the principal
donor of Mechanical Engineering Laboratories, added in 1958. The
building was renamed Jacobs Hall in 1996 in honor of Dillard Jacobs,
Ph.D., Founder's Medalist of the School of Engineering's Class
of 1932 and a professor of engineering at Vanderbilt for nearly
thirty years. In 2001, construction was completed that transformed the old building into a new School of Engineering complex. The old central wing
was demolished and replaced by Featheringill
Hall, named for alumnus and lead donor William W. Featheringill, and the remaining wings of Jacobs were renovated.
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