Morrison Tower
Named for: Mary Frac Morrison (1859-1930)
| In June 1962, The Ohio State University Board of
Trustees named a new women’s dormitory in memory of Mary Franc Morrison.
Morrison was the first woman to graduate from the university. She received her bachelor of arts degree in 1879 as a member of the university’s second graduating class. In 1881, she married a classmate, Sidney Howell Short, who served for a time as vice president of the University of Denver. She died in Penn Yan, New York, in October 1930. Currently, the residence hall named in her memory houses undergraduate students. |
