Black professors get names on halls

FAYETTEVILLE — Two halls within the Northwest Quad residences at the University of Arkansas are being renamed for the university’s first two black professors.

Gordon Morgan Hall, formerly the “B” residence hall, is being named after a former sociology professor who joined UA in 1969. Morgan wrote a book published in 1990, The Edge of Campus: A Journal of the Black Experience at the University of Arkansas, in which he described himself as the first black faculty member at UA.

Margaret Clark Hall, formerly hall “C,” is named after a former French language instructor who became an assistant professor of secondary education in 1972. Clark’s honors from UA include the Silas Hunt Legacy Award and an Outstanding Faculty award.

Clark and Morgan have each been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Northwest Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Council.

The UA board of trustees approved the name changes on Jan. 31. Other halls in the Northwest Quad had previously been named after former UA Chancellor Willard Gatewood and former UA President Arthur Harding.