Also Known As:   Originally named North Hall; renamed Smith about 1971 and bore the name Smith Hall until 2004.

Named For: Don Anderson (Class of 1942) & Marilyn Dixon Anderson (Class of 1945).

Location: On the north side of the Quads.

Date of Construction: Completed in 1965.

Cost: $400,000.

Capacity: 99 students.

Former Uses: Anderson has been used primarily as a men's dorm. It housed Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Theta Chi fraternities originally. It has also been used for women's housing.

Present Uses: Houses Independent men and women.

Alterations: Anderson Hall was fully renovated in fall 2001.

Remarks: Anderson was the first of the Quads to be built. The first coed dorm was established when 19 women moved into the center section of the 2nd floor of North Hall in the 1970-71 academic year.

References:
Pictorial Review, p.14; Fact Sheet, p.4; Ripon College: A History, p.227.