The Bulletin and the HBS campus have grown up together on the banks of the Charles. A February 1926 article described the development of "a separate educational unit across the river [with] living accommodations for one thousand students, small houses for instructors and unmarried members of the Faculty, students and faculty clubhouses, dining halls, administrative offices, classrooms, research laboratories, recreational facilities, and a large and exceedingly well-equipped business library." Housed since its 1908 inception in Harvard Yard, HBS would at last have its own home. In a burst of activity, most of the campus was designed and erected between 1925 and 1926.

A number of temporary structures were built during World War II to accommodate participants in the School's military training programs, but it wasn't until the 1950s that the next major construction push took place. Much thought and care went into the design of Aldrich Hall, as the Bulletin reported in 1951: "We now have a plan which promises to satisfy the somewhat divergent demands of instructor-to-student relationship, the juxtaposition of students to stimulate class discussion, and the proper vision of chalkboard and screen. For implementing the case method of instruction we believe that the new classrooms will be nearly ideal." Kresge Hall, readers learned, was not intended to be "an amusement nor a recreational center; rather, it should stimulate cultural inquiry and development." Both buildings received much coverage after they were dedicated in the summer of 1953.

When plans for a new round of construction were announced in 1965 - paving the way for the dedications of Dillon House (1965), Humphrey House (1966), Cotting House (1968), and McCollum Center (1969) - the Bulletin noted that "the decision to construct [these new buildings] at this particular time stemmed from an increasingly acute shortage of faculty and staff space."

In the 1970s, Kresge was enlarged, Mellon and McCulloch Halls were renovated, and Cumnock Hall, dedicated in 1975, became the 25th building on campus. The following year, the Bulletin announced the building of Soldiers Field Park, a new residence area with one-bedroom apartments renting for $260-$300. A 1977 Bulletin feature titled "Five Decades at Soldiers Field" marked the 50th birthday of the campus. "Looking at the HBS campus today with its 25 buildings and park-like setting, it's hard to visualize the tract as it was. . . . Before the dam was built at the lower end of the Charles River, some of this area had been a tidal marsh."

In the 1980s, the Bulletin reported on renovations of many of the original buildings, the opening of Shad Hall, and the 1986 creation of a new master plan that would "evaluate the current uses and future needs of the HBS campus."

The 1990s started with a bang when Morgan Hall was completely renovated and expanded and The Class of 1959 Chapel was built. After 75 years on the campus beat, this year the Bulletin covered the dedication of a new Executive Education facility named for Dean John H. McArthur and the groundbreaking for the Spangler Center, the new campus center. The continual expansion and upgrading of the campus can even be seen in this issue, with the announcement of a new classroom building scheduled for completion in 2001.

- Susan Young