
Completed in 1967, Lowell Heiny Hall houses offices for Mesa
State College´s Administration and a number of faculty.
Admissions, Records, Accounting, Financial Aid, and Enrollment
Management are located on the first floor. Administration offices,
the testing center, and languages faculty cover the second and
third floors. Faculty offices for Humanities and Social Sciences
occupy the fourth floor.
Lowell Heiny Hall was originally built as a library building.
Author Leon Uris was the keynote speaker at the building´s
dedication on October 13, 1967. Lowell Heiny Library was used
until Tomlinson Library was completed in 1986.
Dr. Lowell Heiny was one of Mesa´s most popular administrators.
Heiny was raised in the Grand Junction area and served for many
years in the K-12 educational system as a teacher and principal.
Heiny taught chemistry and math at Mesa College from 1942 to
1955, served as registrar from 1955 to 1964, was Dean of Faculty
from 1964 to 1967, and became the College´s Vice President
in 1967.
