The Daily Barometer had a great story looking at the origins of the Bexell Hall wood murals, which line the entrance to the hall.
The murals date to the 1930s and depict a number of people important to the history of Oregon State University and the state of Oregon itself, including John Andrew Bexell himself.
After posting the story on Facebook, though, we got a question not about the murals’ past but their future. A commenter was curious what happens to the murals after the College of Business moves to Austin Hall in fall of 2014.
We got in touch with Malcolm LeMay, Director of Operations for the college, to see what’s planned for the murals once the College of Business moves on.
“The murals belong to Bexell and will not be moved,” LeMay said.
Oregon State doesn’t see buildings belonging to an individual college, as programs change names and locations quite a bit. With that in mind, the murals will stay put.
And that will give College of Business faculty, staff, students and alumni another reason to come back and visit Bexell from time to time.
