E. Carlton Wilton Center for Interfaith Campus Ministries
Site: On Chapel Circle Road on the north side of Cannon Memorial Chapel
Dedication: March 20, 1990
Architect: Marcellus Wright, Cox and Smith
Size: Approx. 9,000 square feet
The newly completed E. Carlton Wilton Center for Interfaith Campus Ministries was dedicated at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 20, 1990. Dr. David Burhans read the building plaque and acknowledged Mr. and Mrs. E. Carlton Wilton. A ribbon cutting ceremony followed the dedication. Joseph Jennings Rector presented the building on behalf of the Board of Trustees to President Richard Morrill. The guest speaker was Martin E. Marty a religion professor from the University of Chicago. His talk was titled, “Frontiers: Faith and Reason Revisited for the 21st Century.”
The two story building is built in a NeoGothic style and conforms well to the campus architecture and the complements Cannon Memorial Chapel. The Chaplain’s Office occupies the first floor along with a library room, conference room and lounges. The lower floor contains a large reception room with a fireplace and smaller meeting rooms.
The building was name for E. Carlton Wilton, Sr. a Trustee Emeritus. The Wiltons donated $1 million dollars for the construction of the Wilton Center and have also established the E. Carlton and Betty Wilton Scholarship. Mr. Wilton was awarded an honorary Doctor of Commercial Science degree in 1999. Mrs. Wilton’s father, Carl H. Luebbert, attended University of Richmond's law school from 1912-1914. She donated three windows in the Wilton Center in his honor.
Sources:
UR website
Collegian 1989 -1990
Mary Maxwell