Robert William MacVicar came to OSU in 1970 from Southern Illinois University, where he had been serving as both vice president and chancellor since 1964. A land grant university advocate, MacVicar was OSU's eleventh president and retired from the position in 1984.
This fraternity house was built in 1921 and was the original SAE house located at 2929 NW Harrison, on the NW corner of Harrison, 29th Street and Arnold Way.