War Memorial Chapel
Construction started Spring 1951; completed and dedicated May 29, 1960. Cost: $477,335; sq. ft. Upper level contains Memorial Court with eight sculptured Indiana limestone pylons representing, from left to right: Brotherhood, Honor, Leadership, Sacrifice, Service, Loyalty, Duty, and "Ut Prosim" (the University motto: "That I May Serve.") Members of alumni who have died while in military service are carved on the pylons. Four left pylons were designed by Henry Kries; right pylons designed by Charles Rudy. Lower level contains 350-seat Chapel. Chancel sculpture symbolizes man's relationship to his Creator with central group implying that something greater than man himself is responsible for his presence on Earth; left figure represents this relationship in life; right figure suggests man in communion with his Creator. Chancel sculpture designed by Donald DeLue. A 772-pipe, $17,600 pipe organ installed in Chapel in August 1962; pipes, made in Holland, range from a few inches to 16 feet.
Address: Drillfield Drive | Map Grid: M-4
Originally Built: 1960 | Abbreviation: CHAP