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When Robert Pazderka, NU Capital Construc
tion coordinator, told a group of NU administra
tors and NU Board of Regents members that
Dessey Hall needs to be brought into this cen
tury, he apparently was not too far off target.
The life science building was built in 1 9 1 6
and has "pretty much stayed like it has through
the years," according to Duane Durham, chief
design engineer of the NU Physical Plant. Bur
ham, said the brick building has had no additions .
or renovations in its 6 1 - year history .
Gov. J. James Exon's budget recommendations
did not include the $350,000 requested by the
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regents for improvements to Kessey Hail.
Bessey Hall was about the 1 6th building on
the UNL campus, Durham said. Buildings older
than Bessey which still stand include Architec
ture, Temple, Richards and Avery Halls and the
Former Law Bldg.
The building's namesake is former acting NU
chancellor Charles Edwin Bessey. He served as
acting chancellor from 1889 to 1907. Bessey also
was a botany professor and dean of the school
of agriculture at NU.
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