Originally constructed in 1928, Buttrick Hall underwent a renovation and addition in 2005 that increased its size from 38,000 to more than 90,000 square feet. In addition to serving as a venue for classroom teaching and a home for interdisciplinary program offices, Buttrick Hall is equipped to support public lectures, academic conferences and the needs of Vanderbilt's transinstitutional centers. The name Buttrick Hall recognizes Wallace Buttrick (1853-1926), Vanderbilt's principal advocate at the Rockefeller-funded General Education Board where he served as secretary (1902-1917), president (1917-1923), and chairman (1923-1926). GEB's support of academic and medical development at Vanderbilt was inestimable. Buttrick Hall was one of three collegiate Gothic classroom buildings for which GEB gave half the original construction funds.