Developing Future Leaders

ID: 975 ~ Creator: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University

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Allen's commitment to the development of students through education lives on through this hall dedicated in her honor. Today, Allen Hall houses the men's half of Baylor's Leadership Living-Learning Center. The hall integrates students' academic studies with their residential life while also promoting leadership development.

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Gladys Allen

By Dayton Kelley, ed., The Handbook of Waco and McLennan County, Texas

Efforts of civic leaders in the late nineteenth century to provide greater educational opportunities established Waco as the “Athens of Texas.” This reputation was later preserved in the early to mid-twentieth century through the dedication of…