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Overview and Description
Markley is located in the Hill Area. See a map of the campus area near Mary Markley. Markley houses approximately 1,180 students, 505 of which are female and 675 of which are male - primarily freshmen and sophomore. The Resident Staff consist of: 3 Hall Directors, 32 Resident Advisors, 1 Minority Peer Advisor, 1 Minority Peer Advisor Assistant, 1 Academic Peer Advisor, and 1 Resident Computer Systems Consultant.

Markley has several opportunities for participation in student government. These include the Markley Council and the Markley Multicultural Affairs Council.

The Mary Markley ResComp computing site contains computers, laser printers and a scanner and is open 24 hours a day. Students can also take advantage of the on-site music practice rooms and the Hideaway Retail Dining location.

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Address

Mary Markley Hall
1503 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2015
General Information: (734) 764-1126
Facsimile: (734) 647-5531

History and Biographies
Named in honor of Mary Butler Markley, a distinguished faculty widow who had been active in alumnae affairs, Mary Markley Hall was completed in 1959 at a cost of $6.1 million. Originally designed to provide housing and dining for approximately 1000 women, Markley Hall's overall layout embodies simplistic and routine arrangements - most resident rooms are doubles. In 1964, Markley Hall became co-educational.

House Histories and Biographies

Blagdon Charlotte Alice Blagdon was an active student leader on campus. She was the President of the University of Michigan League of Women, as well as being involved in numerous sororities. She was also an honored member of the Mortar Board. She discontinued her studies because of a stroke in January of 1925. She died on August 27, 1925 at the age of 21. The Charlotte Alice Blagdon scholarship fund was established in her name.

Scott Fred Newton Scott graduated from the University of Michigan with an A. B. in 1844 and Ph.D. in 1889. He spent time in the library system until 1889 when he was made instructor in English, and in 1890, an assistant professor of Rhetoric. In 1921, he became a professor of Rhetoric and Journalism, and continued in this capacity until his retirement in 1927. He was Emeritus Professor from 1927 to 1930. Scott was the Chairman of the first Board in Control of Student Publications and remained Chairman until his retirement in 1930.

Butler Orma Fitch Butler was an outstanding teacher and student of the Classics at the University. She taught Latin and Greek at various colleges in Michigan, Illinois and Ohio until she returned to the University of Michigan where she taught as an Assistant Professor of Latin for 25 years. At the Centenary Celebration of the University of Michigan in 1937, she received a citation from the Michigan Alumnae as a distinguished member of the faculty.

Elliott Lucy Elvira Elliott was the first woman principal of an intermediate school in Detroit. She was a member of the Executive Committee of the National Association of Deans of Women. She was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Michigan State Teachers' Association. While serving as a social director in Helen Newberry Residence Hall, she earned her Master's degree.

Fisher Josephine Rankin Fisher graduated with an A. B. degree in 1912 with Phi Beta Kappa honors and also received her A. M. in 1912. After leaving college, she became a specialist in economics, assisting Professor Irving Fisher of Yale. She was also the private secretary of A. Barton Hepburn, who was at the time president of Chase Manhattan Bank of New York. In Washington, she acted as the secretary to Senator Couzens of Michigan and later joined the staff of the division of research statistics in the Office of the Secretary of Treasury, which was the position she held at the time of her marriage to Martin Tucker Fisher, a Harvard alumnus.

Reeves Dr. Jesse Snow Reeves was a Professor Emeritus of Political Science, and a William W. Cook Professor of American Institutions. In 1932 he received the Henry Russel lectureship, which was awarded to outstanding achievements in research. His writings, scholarship, membership in important government commissions, and his teachings contributed to the prestige of the University. Dr. Reeves was Vice-Govenor of the American Administration in the Philippines and also wrote on the Philippine Legislature and democracy in the former American colony. The Bentley Historical Library currently houses 14 linear feet of his writings, many of which cover his years abroad.

Little Barbara Jane Little graduated with an A. B. degree in elementary education, was the president of the Women's Judiciary, and a principle figure in the establishment of the Joint Judiciary Council. She also served on the executive board of the Women's Senate, in the Pan Hellenic Council, and the University of Michigan Fresh Air Camp. She died at the age of 22, just months after her graduation.

Frost Frost arrived on campus in 1921, as part of a program to bridge the gap between the arts and the university. His 10 months on campus, where he met students, faculty, city residents, and Alumnus, proved so successful he was granted extended fellowships year after year. In full, Frost served on faculty from 1921 through 1925, when he left to become a Professor of English at Amherst College. He was later awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry four times and represented the arts at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy in 1961. He died at Amherst in 1963. His final appearance on campus was at Hill Auditorium in 1962.

Van Tyne Claude Halstead Van Tyne received his Bachelors of Arts from the University of Michigan and his Doctor of Philosophyfrom the University of Pennsylvania.

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