Designed by and named after professor, Ralph Minor who started the physics department at Dominican College and was the dean of the school of optometry at UC Berkeley
In the 1950s it was used as an Audio/Visual laboratory
In the 1970s-1980s it was used as stage and prop construction for the drama department
In 1989 it became the campus mailroom and a storage area
In the 2000s it was used as the Nursing simulation lab until the Meadowlands renovation