Seim Hall (originally the West High Rise) was built in 1972 (at the cost of $1.5 million) as the third in a series of nine-story high rise buildings. It housed 293 male and female students in two-story subdivisions alternating between seventy men and seventy women. The West High Rise was renamed Seim Hall in 1984 to honor Norm Seim, NDSU's Housing Director for twenty-two years.
Seim
was originally from Pelican Rapids, Minnesota. He entered Moorhead State College
in 1941 and earned a two-year teaching degree. Seim enlisted in the U. S. Army
after the 1941-42 school year. He served for three years in the Southwest Pacific
where he earned a commission as Second Lieutenant. In 1946, Seim enrolled at
NDAC and graduated in the winter of 1949-50 with a degree in industrial engineering.
While a student, Seim worked in the bookstore and at the campus physical plant.
His first job upon graduation was campus assistant for Buildings and Grounds.
Seim remained in this position until 1957 when he took a position with Honeywell
as an engineer. In 1961, Seim returned to Moorhead and spent the 1961-62 school
year as an elementary school teacher. In 1962, he became Director of Housing
at NDSU. He retired in 1984 after twenty-two years of service to NDSU (It's
Happening at State, June 27, 1984, p. 7-8).
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