Academics; once known as Natural Science Building. First section completed 1939; cost $127,650; second section completed Fall 1950; cost $485,300. Building contains 65,430 sq. ft.
Ellison Adger Smyth Jr. (1863 - 1941) was Professor/Department Head of Biology from 1891 to 1925, and Dean of the Faculty from 1902 to 1906. An avid writer and photographer, Smyth founded and headed the Department of Biology at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (Virginia Tech). The self-professed "practical ornithologist" let students study his large collections of bird skins and insects, helped resurrect the student produced "Gray Jacket," and was called the "godfather" of the first "Bugle" yearbook ever published.
Address: Drillfield Drive (Ag Quad) | Map Grid: L-6
Originally Built: 1950 | Abbreviation: SMYTH