Fifty of those men lived in a large room in the basement until construction was completed during the 1961-62 school year. Shortly after completion. The original name of this building was Regents Hall. However, in January 1964 the Board of Regents changed the name to the Dwight G. Rider Hall in honor of the man who served as president of the board from 1951 through 1956. Dwight G. Rider.
Rider remains solely a men's residence hall.
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