in 1889 as the "Club House" dormitory, then converted to a room house before becoming the Missouri State Geological Survey headquarters and finally the residence for the then-director in 1905.
Mohammad Dehghani of Stevens Institute of Technology began his service as chancellor in 2019. Dehghani had previously held leadership positions at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the Applied Physics Laboratory, and the Johns Hopkins University Systems Institute, at which he was a founding director.
=== Military service ===
Military service has long been a tradition at the college. Beginning with the American Civil War, students and faculty have served in all major American conflicts.
==== Civil War ====
Three individuals, James Abert, George D. Emerson, and Robert W. Douthat, served in the American Civil War and as faculty.
==== World War I ====
When the United States entered World War I in April, 1917, a total of 65 members of the university, students and faculty, entered into the service for First Officers …
