Frank G. Dicky

      The College of Education, located on Scott street near upper street, houses the Frank G. Dicky building. The Frank G. Dicky building is named after the fifth president of the University of Kentucky. Frank Dicky was born in 1917, and is originally from Oklahoma. Dicky would attend the University of Transylvania, and would graduate from there, receiving his Master of Arts degree. He then would receive his Doctorate of education at the University of Kentucky. Dicky then next enlisted into the Armed Forces, until he was discharged as a Master Sergeant in 1946. It wasn't until 1956 when Frank G. Dicky becomes the youngest president at the University of Kentucky at the age of 38. One of Dicky's biggest accomplishments in his time as president, was the establishment of the UK Medical Center. Dicky was president from 1956-1963, and during his time as president there was a significant increase in student enrollment, major physical growth such as on and off campus building renovations, and also he raised academic standards. Frank G. Dicky resigned from presidency in 1963 and then became a director of the Southern Associates of Colleges and Schools, until 1965. After his time at the Southern Associates of College and Schools, Dicky became the head of the National Commission on Charlotte, North Carolina. When Frank G. Dicky eventually retired, he would live the rest of his life in Lexington, until he died in 2009. I found this great information about Frank G. Dicky on the UK website at, http://libraries.uky.edu/libpage.php?lweb_id=324&llib_id=13. After my research I am left with the question, when did Frank G. Dicky begin to earn all this respect, to have a building named after him? Also I would like to know when the Frank G. Dicky building was built.