Curious about the Dougherty after whom the first women’s dorm on campus was named, or why the baseball field claims V.J. Keefe as its namesake? Read on.

Adele Hall (1991) is named for Mother Adéle de Batz de Trenquelleon (1789-1828), co-founder in 1816 with Blessed William Joseph Chaminade of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate (Marianist Sisters).

Albert B. Alkek Business Building (1982) is named for the primary donor of the building and later additions, Albert B. Alkek (CL ’32). Alkek (1905-1995) counted ranching, banking and oil among his business interests, and he served several terms on the St. Mary’s Board of Trustees.

Alumni Athletics & Convocation Center (2000) is named in honor of the University’s alumni and the Alumni Association, lead donors to the building campaign. The center’s 3,500-seat Bill Greehey Arena is named for alumnus Bill Greehey, chairman, chief executive officer and president of Valero Energy Corp., and a major donor and chairman of the campaign.

Alumni Gym (1929-1938) was named to honor alumni who financed the gym’s construction, which began in 1929. Suspended due to the Great Depression, a wood floor was finally installed in 1937, and basketball competition commenced in 1938. In the interim, the gym was used as a dormitory and as a winter training facility for a trapeze troupe. The 2000 season marked Alumni Gym’s final one as an intercollegiate athletics venue.

Alumni Pavilion (1958) was originally a U.S.O. building on the San Antonio River. Alumni, led by Tony Crosby Sr. (CL 34), moved the structure to the Pecan Grove where it received the nickname “Crosby’s Folly” and was rededicated as such in 1991.

Louis J. Blume Library (1968) was called the Academic Library until its rededication as the Rev. Louis J. Blume Library in 2000. Blume (1913-77), who was president of the University twice, oversaw an ambitious campus building campaign during the 1960s that included the construction of the law school and physical plant complexes, the life sciences and math-engineering buildings, Treadaway Hall and the library.

Chaminade Tower (1921) and Chaminade Hall (1953) are named for Blessed William Joseph Chaminade (1761-1850), the Bordeaux diocese priest who was exiled to Spain during the French Revolution. The Society of Mary (Marianists) and the Daughters of Mary Immaculate grew out of Chaminade’s efforts to rebuild the Church after the Revolution. Chaminade was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2000, the final step before canonization. A Chaminade Tower annex built in the 1950s was replaced with a modern five-story annex in 1993.

Andrew Cremer Hall (1993) is named for Brother Andrew J. Cremer, S.M. (1908-1992), a 1933 St. Mary’s graduate. He taught English, Latin and history in several Marianist high schools and was principal of Central Catholic High School for six years before returning to St. Mary’s in 1966. Cremer, an Alumni Association Board Member Emeritus, received the organization’s Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1991.

John Donohoo Hall (1986) is named for Brother John Donohoo, S.M. (1919-1985), a professor and administrator for more than 30 years. The longtime biology department chairman developed the University’s superior pre-medical and pre-dental programs. Donohoo’s other jobs included financial aid director, vice president for student services and physical plant director.

Dougherty Hall (1968) is named for Genevieve Tarlton Dougherty (1884-1972) of Beeville, whose family donated the funds for St. Mary’s first women’s residence hall. The Tarlton Inn, the St. Mary’s School of Law Chapter of the Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity, is named for her father, Judge Benjamin Dudley Tarlton.

Sarita Kenedy East Law Library (1984) is named for Sarita Kenedy East (1889-1961), founder of the John G. and Stella Marie Kenedy Foundation, which donated $7.5 million to build the facility. Sarita Kenedy East was the granddaughter of Capt. Mifflin Kenedy who, along with Capt. Richard King, founded the legendary South Texas ranching empire.

Archbishop Flores Hall (1987) is named for the Most Rev. Patrick Flores, D.D., Archbishop of San Antonio. The first Mexican-American bishop, Flores was named an auxiliary bishop of San Antonio in 1970, bishop of El Paso in 1978, and San Antonio’s fourth archbishop in 1979. In 1995, the 25th anniversary of his ordination as bishop, Flores received an honorary doctorate from St. Mary’s and the St. Thomas More Award from the School of Law.

Charles Francis Hall (1952) is named for Brother Charles Francis, S.M. (1829-1908), who arrived in San Antonio on Christmas Eve 1854, just two years after St. Mary’s founding. He is credited for leading St. Mary’s from its small beginnings downtown on the river through its growth after the Civil War and the early days of its second campus. Francis was instrumental in choosing the Woodlawn Hills site for what was then known as St. Louis College.

Anthony Frederick Hall (1984) is named for Brother Anthony Frederick, S.M. (1900-1986), St. Mary’s first Professor Emeritus. A teacher and administrator for 42 years, Frederick taught English, chaired that department for 24 years, and served as dean of the former School of Arts and Sciences. Known to many as “Brother English,” the University promoted Frederick to the extraordinary rank of University Professor in 1977 and named him Professor Emeritus of English in 1988.

Garni Science Hall (1953) is named for Brother Louis Garni, S.M. (1886-1914), a popular St. Mary’s biology professor who died while still young. A professional naturalist, Garni published studies on the flora and fauna of the region, and while hospitalized in Boerne with tuberculosis, assembled an important collection of reptiles and amphibians from the area.

V.J. Keefe Memorial Stadium (1958) is named for a local concrete magnate and sports enthusiast who arranged for the construction of the baseball field. In 1967 a group of San Antonio businessmen, with a loan co-signed by Keefe’s widow, Margaret, secured equipment from former Texas League stadiums, which allowed for the enhancement of the field. The Rattlers shared the stadium for 25 years with San Antonio’s minor league professional team. The Keefes were posthumously inducted into the St. Mary’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 1988.

Herbert and John G. Leies Hall (2000) is named for Brother Herbert Leies, S.M. (1899-1984), a longtime sociology professor, and the Rev. John G. Leies, S.M. (1909-1999), theology professor and campus minister for the law school. Their nephew, the Rev. John A. Leies, S.M., served as St. Mary’s 10th president.

Lourdes Hall (1982) is named in honor of the Blessed Mother, who in 1858 appeared several times to 14-year-old Bernadette Soubrious in Lourdes, France. The title “Our Lady of Lourdes” is one of the best-known Marian appellations, and the Grotto of Lourdes is one of the world’s most visited Marian shrines.

Marian Hall (1960) is also named in honor of the Blessed Mother, in remembrance of the 1954 Marian year declared by Pope Pius XII.

Moody Life Sciences Center (1968) was funded by the Moody Foundation and is named for family patriarch W.L. Moody Jr., who, with his wife, Libbie Rice Shearn Moody, transferred the bulk of the family cotton, banking and insurance fortune to the foundation shortly before his death. The foundation has donated well over $100 million to civic, educational and charity causes throughout Texas.

Ernest A. Raba Law Building (1968) is named for Ernest A. Raba, dean of the School of Law from 1946 to 1978. Raba, who earned both bachelor’s and law degrees from St. Mary’s, also served as the University’s vice president for development and helped secure the funds needed to move the downtown law school to its present site. Raba was named University Professor in 1988 and Dean Emeritus in 1990.

Reinbolt Hall (1908) is named for the Rev. John N. Reinbolt, S.M. (1824-1895), the Marianists’ United States Province Superior from 1864 to 1886. Reinbolt urged St. Mary’s to build a boarding school away from town to free up the downtown campus for day students. That boarding school, which opened in 1894 as St. Louis College, eventually added undergraduate courses and in 1927 became St. Mary’s University.

Richter Math-Engineering Center (1968) is named for the William L. Richter family, which funded its construction. The Richter family bakeries were best known for their Butter Krust line of breads and baked goods. At least four generations of Richters have attended St. Louis College and St. Mary’s University.

St. Louis Hall (1893), the original building of St. Louis College, is named for the Italian Jesuit, St. Aloysius Gonzaga, the patron saint of young people. St. Aloysius always signed his name “Luigi.” The Marianists used the French equivalent of Luigi – Louis – when naming their new school.

Treadaway Hall (1967) was originally built as the Marianist Scholasticate. After its conversion to a residence hall, it was renamed for Brother Thomas J. Treadaway, S.M. (1897-1969), St. Mary’s registrar from 1938 until his death. Treadaway’s signature appears on 6,666 of the first 7,158 diplomas conferred by St. Mary’s.