MEMOIRS BY DR. SAMUEL H. SUTHERLAND PRESIDENT EMERITUS
June 20, 1986 Page 2 - Tape 3
make plans to that end, even though I realized that we dared not present anything to the Board of Trustees at that time, because they were not thinking in terms of any advancement other than the old Bible institute concept. I assumed, of course, that the school would always remain in the downtown location. One of the earliest recommendations I made when I became Dean was a recommendation to the Board that we buy the lot across the street from the institute buildings with the idea that ultimately we would need to erect another twelve or thirteen-story structure to accommodate the increasing demands of the school. We were running at a full house where we were at the original location, and we needed this for development purposes. Incidentally, when I made that suggestion to the Board of Trustees, I was very kindly but severely rebuked. One Board member said, "Sam, we hired you as Dean. Not someone to engage in real estate speculation."
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