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Baylor/Waco Foundation Past Projects

The Baylor/Waco Foundation was formed December 3, 1959, by a group of downtown Waco professionals who recognized the important connection between the City of Waco and Baylor University. Its mission is to raise funds to support capital projects that enhance life in Central Texas.

Baylor/Waco Foundation’s first project was to raise money to purchase land from Urban Renewal to give to Baylor for future expansion.

1959-1964 50.2 acres of land purchased
1965-1969 113.11 acres of land purchased
1970-1971 36.8 additional acres purchased
The land purchased by Baylor/Waco Foundation from 1959-1971 and given to Baylor is the site for the following buildings.
Alwin O. and Dorothy Highers Athletics Complex
Baugh-Reynolds campus of the George W. Truett Theological Seminary
Baylor Ballpark
Baylor Marina
Baylor Recreational Sports Fields
Baylor Sciences Building
Baylor Tennis Center
Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field
Castellaw Communications Center
Dutton Avenue Office and Parking Facility
East Campus Parking Facility
Ferrell Center
Getterman Stadium
Glennis McCrary Music Building
Goebel Building
Gov. Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village
Harry and Anna Jeanes Discovery Center
Hughes-Dillard Alumni Center
Jesse H. Jones Library
Julie and Jim Turner Riverfront Athletic Park
Lewis Art Building
Lloyd O. Russell Gymnasium
Lt. Jack Whetsel Jr. Basketball Practice Facility
Marrs McLean Science Building
Mayborn Museum Complex
McLane Student Life Center
Moody Memorial Library
North Village Residential Community
Rogers Engineering and Computer Science Building
Russell Residence Hall
Sheila and Walter Umphrey Law Center
Sid Richardson Building
Simpson Athletics and Academic Center
Wiethorn Visitors Center
W.R. Poage Legislative Library
1972-1977 Baylor/Waco Foundation adopted a five-year plan to support development of Baylor’s marina and recreational area
1982 W.R. Poage Legislative Library
1989 Renovation of Rena Marrs McLean Gymnasium
1990-1991 Paving of Ferrell Center parking lot
1992-1993 Ferrell Field Baseball Lights
1994 Resurface Baylor Track (Phase 1)
1995 Resurface Baylor Track (Phase 2)
1996 Pavilion for Ferrell Field Complex
1997 Waco Hall acoustical shell
1998 Little League Baseball’s Southwestern Regional Headquarters relocation to Waco
1999 Relocation of Ferrell Center Fast Break Club Room for athletic office expansion
2000 Armstrong Browning Library renovations and enhancements
2001 Jeanes Discovery Center, Piper Child Development Center playground,
Stacy Riddle Forum
2002 Ferrell Center floor, Barfield Drawing Room A/V enhancements, National Public Radio’s Marketplace Morning Report on KWBU
2003 Steppin’ Out, Waco Hall seating, Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs)
2004 Expansion of Language and Literacy Services, Bill and Eva Williams Bear Habitat, grand drape in Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center, Steppin’ Out
2005 Steppin’ Out, Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs), Expansion of Language and Literacy Services, Psychology and Neuroscience Clinical Training Suite Improvements, Learning English Among Friends (LEAF), Granite Benches at Dutch Schroeder Esplanade and Grant Teaff Plaza
2006 Digital Conversion of KWBU-Radio, Mayborn Museum Traveling Exhibit Cases and Matching Challenge Grant for Traveling Exhibit, Steppin’ Out, Automated External Defibrillators, Expansion of Language and Literacy Services
2007 Walkways for Waco Mammoth Site, Alternative Energy Exhibit and Laboratory in the Mayborn Museum Complex
2008 Autism Family Resource Center for Central Texas, Santa’s Workshop, Marsh Madness, Texas Sports Hall of Fame Southwest Conference Gallery, Jack Hightower Book Vault, Steppin’ Out

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