OVERALL GOAL: $5.4 million The study of botany at MSU began with disaster. In 1890, the University's first Botany Laboratory, located near the current Beal Gardens, burned, destroying the work of one of MSU's greatest professors, William James Beal. Beal was the most distinguished faculty member in his day; his 40-year scientific career at MSU ranks as one of the most fruitful in our history. Though Professor Beal carried considerable clout in his day, he was unable to get his second Botany Laboratory built within the MSU Circle. Looking out his Linton Hall window, MSU President Oscar Clute saw that a load of bricks had been delivered to Beal's chosen site by College Hall within the "sacred circle," the spot where Beaumont Tower now stands. President Clute ordered the bricks delivered to a site across the Circle at Old Botany's present location. Old Botany is approximately 17,600 square feet in size and is one of two buildings that house the Department of Economics in the College of Social Science. The building, the work of architect Edwin A. Bowd, typifies the Queen Anne style of architecture in the asymmetry of its facades and its inventive array of windows, gables, and chimneys. The building formerly housed the School of Journalism in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences before its current use by the Economics. How you can help… Old Botany NAMING OPPORTUNITIES: Sole Naming of Old Botany $5,400,000 from one donor Co-naming of Old Botany $3,000,000 from both of two donors Garden Level Garden Level Naming $1,000,000 Student Commons Area and Stairs $350,000 Graduate Students $350,000 Graduate Student Break Room $100,000 Small Offices (2) $50,000 Multi Function Offices (4) $50,000 I.T. Office $25,000 Garden View (adjacent to elevator) $25,000 First Floor First Floor naming $2,750,000 Seminar Room $750,000 Heritage Arch & Main Building Stairway $750,000 Main Entry Foyer and Stair $500,000 Reading Room $250,000 Faculty Corner Office $125,000 Faculty Offices (7) $75,000 Garden Overlook (adjacent to elevator) $50,000 Second Floor Second Floor naming $1,000,000 Study area $250,000     or Multi-function offices $100K, $75K, $50K Faculty Corner Office $150,000 Faculty Offices (6) $90,000 Multi Function Office $85,000 Garden Overlook (adjacent to elevator) $75,000 Third Floor Third Floor naming $1,500,000 Faculty Common $1,000,000 Graduate Common or Multi-function workstations $500,000 Campus Overlook (adjacent to elevator) $100,000 Click on the links below to see the proposed floor plans for Old Botany: Garden Level First Floor Second Floor Third Floor For assistance in making a gift, or for more information, please contact: Mr. Bob Busch Director of Development College of Social Science Michigan State University 311 Berkey Hall East Lansing, Michigan 48823 PHONE: (517) 432-1802/FAX: (517) 353-4683 E-MAIL: buschr@msu.edu (Cost of restoration in 5 years: $6.0 million - $7.0 million)