NEW ORLEANS – The Delgado Community College hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony today, Friday, September 18, 2015, at 615 City Park Ave., at 10:00 a.m., for the new Marvin E. Thames Sr. Learning Resources Center at the Delgado City Park Campus.
The late Dr. Marvin E. Thames Sr. was a Delgado president who served the college for more than 30 years.
The 60,000-square-foot, $14 million facility houses the Moss Memorial Library, and replaces a building destroyed by Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters in August 2005. The library has operated from temporary quarters since Katrina. Moss Memorial Library is the hub for the network of libraries in the Delgado Community College system. FEMA recovery funds paid for the new facility.
Among those scheduled to address attendees were: Joan Y. Davis, Delgado Community College Chancellor; Thomas Womack, FEMA Louisiana Recovery Office Executive Director; relatives of the late Dr. Marvin E. Thames Sr.; Susan G. Guidry, City of New Orleans District A Councilmember.
The event was open to the public.
