Biemesderfer Executive Center was originally built as the college library. Plans for the new building were published in the November 1891 Normal Journal. This building served the campus community without electricity until 1922. With the building of Ganser Library in 1965 the “old” library was used as the temporary union building before being renovated and rededicated as Biemesderfer Executive Center. It was named for President D. Luke Biemesderfer (1943-1965) and his wife, Elva, both 1917 graduates of the normal school. Today it houses the offices of the top administration on campus as well as the H. Edgar Sherts Board Room, named for an 1896 graduate and prominent member of the Board of Trustees (1910-1936).