Lenox College, Hopkinton, IA

LENOX COLLEGE NAMED BOWEN COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE AT THE TIME OF THE CIVIL WAR. ALL BUT TWO OFTHE STUDENTS ENLISTED IN THE UNION ARMY DURING THE WAR AND THE DEAN WS ELECTED AS THEIR COMMANDER. THE MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THEM. DR. MARY EDWARDS WALKER, THE ONLY FEMALE RECIPIENT OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR, WAS A STUDENT AT THE COLLEGE IN 1860.