Umberger Hall

Building offices

• 4-H Foundation, Kansas, room 116, 532-5881, fax 532-6963
• 4-H Youth Development, room 201, 532-5800, fax 532-5981
• Communications, Dept. of, room 301, 532-5804, fax 532-5633
• Community Development-Extension PRIDE Program, room 101, 532-5840, fax 532-6175
• DIRECT Resource Referral Service, room 10E, rbishop@K-state.edu, 532-7987, fax 532-3093
• Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development, room 101, huckbyd@k-state.edu, 532-7690, fax 532-7036
• Kansas Agriculture and Rural Leadership - KARL, Inc., room 101, karl@k-state.edu, 532-6300, fax 532-7036
• Local Government, Office of, room 10E, jleather@agecon.ksu.edu, 532-2643
• Weather Data Library, room 212, mknapp@k-state.edu, 532-7019, fax 532-6487

History

Umberger Hall was designed in 1956 by the Campus Planning Department of Kansas State University, directed by Vincent Cool, for University Extension at a cost of $695,000. It contains offices for the Director of Extension and numerous extension programs, a library for extension publications, meeting rooms and a 450 seat auditorium. The building was named in honor of Harry J.C. Umberger who joined the Department of Agronomy in 1911. Dr. Umberger was county agent leader from 1917 to 1919 and at that time he was appointed Dean of the Division of College Extension.