A report on James S. Rollins and Curators of the University of Missouri

Portrait of Rollins at age 22, by Missouri artist George Caleb Bingham
Mary Elizabeth Hickman Rollins
Mural of Rollins, by George Caleb Bingham. The mural was located in the Academic Hall of the University of Missouri.
Gravesite of James Rollins in the Rollins Family Plot, Columbia Cemetery

James S. Rollins

- Curators of the University of Missouri

Rollins was first named to the University of Missouri Board of Curators, the university's governing body, in 1847.

- James S. Rollins
Portrait of Rollins at age 22, by Missouri artist George Caleb Bingham

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Public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri.

Public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri.

Fire at Academic Hall, 1892
Journalist Marguerite Martyn visited the campus in 1910 and sketched these two fashionable students with the architectural columns behind them. At that time, the campus was known as Missouri State University.
Francis Quadrangle, featuring the columns and Jesse Hall
Tower of Memorial Union
The Center for Missouri Studies, a headquarters, museum, and research facility for the State Historical Society of Missouri
A fountain and statue make up Tiger Plaza on the Carnahan Quadrangle.
The Sinquefield Music Center opened in 2020 as a new home for the School of Music
The Missouri School of Journalism
Ellis Library, the main library of the university
Sanford F. Conley House
Hearnes Center, Mizzou Arena, and Faurot Field
Ladies champion team of the Missouri University shooting club, 1934
Faurot Field during a football game
Students working on house decorations, a yearly Homecoming tradition for fraternities and sororities
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The land on which the university was constructed was just south of Columbia's downtown and owned by James S. Rollins who was later called the "Father of the University."

total renovation package the Curators of the University of Missouri approved in June 2013.