A ceremony today named the dining hall in the Northwest Quads on campus.
University officials and more than 40 members of the Fulbright family gathered for today’s ceremony to name the dining hall in honor of Roberta Fulbright.
The University honored her in the past with Roberta Fulbright Hall and Fulbright Dining Hall, but both buildings were demolished for the siting of new residence halls.
Fulbright was born in Missouri in 1874 and died in Fayetteville in 1953.
She is the mother of of J. William Fulbright, who served as the university’s president from 1939-1941 and as a member of the United States Senate for three decades.
Dining Hall Named
