Across the street from his office, a new complex is going up, built with union hands.
The new complex is not expected to be completed until the year 2000.
The basketball team played its first game in the new complex on December 1, 1964.
Southern moved into the new complex on 19 August 1969.
In addition, the school system plans to build a new $10 million athletic complex.
Work on the new complex was planned to begin by Spring 2007.
The new complex will include two pools and a hotel.
The idea is to aid access to the new complex.
The design for the new complex was selected in 1986 after a competition.
Classes were moved from the old building to the new complex in October 1980.