On April 8, 1959, Philip Hauge has the honors at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Tacoma-Pierce Administration Building as President Eastvold and the campus community look on. Completed in 1960, the Tacoma-Pierce Administration Building was later renamed after Philip E. Hauge, who worked at the college from 1920 to 1976.
A large group gathered on Upper Campus for the groundbreaking of the Tacoma-Pierce Administration Building (later named Hauge Administration Building). Xavier Hall, the Kiosk, Harstad Hall, and Eastvold Chapel seen in the background.