In 1955, Lawrence Institute of Technology (LIT) moved to a campus in then rural Southfield, on what had been a General Mills research farm.[7] Since the University was founded as an engineering school, it is fitting that the first building constructed on the Southfield campus was the Engineering building. The campus master plan was created by professor Earl W. Pellerin, who also led the teams that designed the Architecture and Science Buildings, the University’s first residence hall on Ten Mile Road, University Housing-South, and what was originally the president’s residence on nearby Circle Drive.[8]