Constructed through the early 1960s, The Quad is made up of four separate residence halls: Walton Hall, Krause Hall, Crowell Hall and Smith Hall.

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John Franklin Crowell

John Franklin Crowell (1857-1931) attended Union Seminary and became the first principal at Schuylkill Seminary in Fredericksburg, Pa. In 1887, at age 29, he became the president of Trinity College (now Duke University.) In 1894, Crowell became an editor of the Wall Street Journal as well as an economist with the federal government. He often returned to Albright to visit and lecture, and he willed the bulk of his estate to the College. Crowell Hall, a residence hall built in 1962 as part of the quad, was named in his memory.

Lewis D. Krause

Lewis D. Krause (1843-1935) was an Evangelical layman and businessman from Allentown, Pa. He was a trustee of Schuylkill Seminary and generously supported the institution for decades through growth and mergers. On his death in 1935, Albright College received a bequest of more than $250,000. In 1952, using specific funds as directed by Krause's will, a much-needed, but temporary student union building was named Sarah E. Krause Hall in honor of his wife. The building was the center of campus life until the current Campus Center was built in 1967.

While the temporary Krause Hall was razed, the legacy of Lewis D. Krause and his family did not end. In early 1981, the Board of Trustees renamed East Hall, which was one of the residence halls that makes up the quad on campus, Lewis D. Krause Hall in his honor.

Louis E. Smith

Louis E. Smith (1892-1971) was a graduate of Schuylkill Seminary who went on to study at Oberlin, Ursinus and Columbia University. He returned to Albright in 1923 to teach economics and history.

Louis retained a thick Pennsylvania Dutch accent throughout his life.  Often students from outside of Pennsylvania would need assistance interpreting the professor's lectures.

An ordained minister, he was known as a perceptive problem solver. During the Depression, he worked tirelessly to find work for students who would have otherwise left school for financial reasons.

He lived in the tower room of what was then Howe Hall (now White Chapel), supervised bookstore and dining hall expenditures, and was in charge of the athletic dormitory. Even after his retirement he came to campus every day, and his advice was often sought by President Masters.

George W. Walton

George W. Walton (1892-1986) was hired to teach biology and geology at Albright Collegiate Institute in 1917.  He then served as dean of Albright College in Myerstown and continued in that position after the school moved to Reading in 1929. He served in this position for more than 40 years in addition to teaching biology, geology and astronomy. In 1936, Albright awarded him an honorary doctor of sciences degree. Walton retired in 1959 just before the construction of the residence hall that bears his name today.