Segregationist’s name coming off Indiana University building
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana University is distancing itself from a former school trustee who opposed racial integration.
The IU Board of Trustees decided Friday to remove Ora Wildermuth’s name from a building on the Bloomington campus.
The decision came about 10 years after the push began to rename the Wildermuth Intramural Center. The Herald-Times reports it was named in 1971 for Wildermuth, a judge from Lake County who served on the IU board from 1925 to 1952.
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