Rooks-Van Dellen Hall

Location

42.93246 -85.58761
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Construction relocation: The temporary location of the Help Desk, Audio-Visual, Career Center, and Calvin Information Technology.

Built:

1966

Also known as RVD, this residence hall complex is comprised of two wings with one common lobby and two shared, connected basements. Rooks is traditionally a female hall and Van Dellen a male hall.

Named after:

Albertus Rooks (1869-1958):
Appointed first dean of Calvin College in 1919, a position which he held for 25 years.

Idzerd Van Dellen (1871-1965):
A minister in the Christian Reformed Church, he helped start a Tuberculosis hospital in Denver, Colorado. For 26 years he served as a spiritual advisor to patients in this hospital.

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