Chase Fine Arts Center

Daryl Chase became Utah State Agricultural College’s 10th president in 1954. Beginning his tenure in what were called “tumultuous times,” he soon steered the school into a new “era of good feelings” and, in 1957, was at the helm when UAC officially became Utah State University. During his tenure, the campus saw significant physical growth. President Chase was instrumental in the planning, design and construction of the Fine Arts Center, a facility dedicated to music and theater that opened in October 1967. The FAC stands as a testament to the university’s commitment to the arts, and is the crowning achievement of Daryl Chase’s presidency. The university complimented the FAC with a Visual Arts Wing in 1981.

50 years after the building first opened its doors, the newly renovated Daryl Chase Fine Arts Center was unveiled on October 18, 2017. Along with the 50th anniversary of the building, 2017 also marked USU’s Year of the Arts, a year-long celebration demonstrating the unique power of the arts to illuminate, transform and inspire the human spirit.