the students and faculty. In addition, the female students had access to the library and science buildings of Richmond College.
The institution's main library, Boatwright Memorial Library, is named in Boatwright's honor. Symbolically, the library and its soaring academic gothic tower occupy the highest spot on the grounds. Its grounds were landscaped in 1913, by Warren H. Manning under the supervision of Charles Gillette.
The institution was renamed the University of Richmond On September 21, 1920. This established a corporation that combined the renamed Richmond College for Men and Westhampton College. The respective parts of the campus continue to be referred to as the Westhampton and the Richmond "sides". “
In 1949, the E. Claiborne Robins School of Business opened, followed by the School of Continuing Studies in 1962. In 1969, when financial issues threatened closing the institution or turning it over to the Commonwealth of Virginia, E. Claiborne Robins Sr., a trustee and alumnus, donated $50 million to …
