Also Known As: James S. Kemper Building. Earlier, it was known as Kemper Clinic.

Named For: James S. Kemper, Sr., a Chicago insurance executive and long-time member of the board of trustees.

Location: On the south side of Thorne Street across from the Quads.

Cost: $312,000.

Date of Construction: Construction began in February 1966 and was completed in January 1967.

Former Uses: Kemper was used as a city and campus medical clinic until 1988. From 1966 through the early 1980s, two physicians had free space in Kemper and a salary in exchange for providing limited hours of health service for the students. In the early 1980s, the College decided this arrangement was no longer desirable, but since the bonding required that the building remain a health service until the bonds were retired, Kemper was maintained as an infirmary with a reduced staff of nurses until 1988. After the clinic was closed, a new infirmary, staffed by one nurse, was opened in Bartlett Hall.

Present Uses: In 1988, it was transformed into the campus computer center which houses the campus servers and a computer lab.

Note: The first computer center was established in Farr Hall and moved to Kemper in 1988.

References: Fact Sheet, p.5; Ripon College: A History, p.247.