The final outcome vindicated his conviction that the stature of Miami University would be heightened by a professionally developed museum with an affirmed educational program. The answer became clear. In the 1980's, Miami should include educational aims and teaching programs that hitherto had been unknown or beyond available resources. But in vital institutions, time brings new perspectives and opportunities. Art spans decades, generations, centuries.
Great art outlasts cultural fads and curricular fashions.
Its study illumines all the areas of social and humane learning. Having worked closely with donors and architects, Dolibois could announce that the interest of the largest donor to the Goals campaign embraced both an art museum and a sports stadium. On the far side of the campus in the Four Mile valley, will rise a sophisticated sports complex including a new stadium. In a demonstration of surprising academic breadth, the estate of the late Fred C. Yager '14, supports both the fine arts and intercollegiate athletics. In a parallel instance, the McKie gallery in the museum bears a name already fixed on the McKie Field, the baseball ground on the north campus.