We visited Montclair State University on Saturday March 22, 2025 to look at “Stone Hall” named after John C Stone (my great grandfather).
Here is a blurb from the 2016 President’s Opening Day Address at Montclair State University about Stone Hall:
“In the residential life area, Stone Hall is once again open this year as a residence hall. The building was built in 1955 and named for John C. Stone, a highly regarded mathematics professor. Before it was taken off-line in 2011 upon the opening of the new Heights residence buildings, Stone Hall had gone through an extremely eventful half-century as a residence hall and had worked itself into a state of astonishing disrepair. But even in its ragged condition, something in the DNA of the building has always nurtured a tight community feeling among its residents. For some portion of its history, it was only for men and the social hub of the football team. Later, it became co-ed and, somewhat reluctantly I am told, began to take on a gentler character. But in all its iterations, for reasons that are mysterious, students have always loved humble and somewhat decrepit Stone Hall, and so we are very pleased to open the building this term once again to 145 students who will bring Stone back to life and enjoy a beautifully renovated facility. We trust that, once again, what was called over the years Stonee Pride will once again become a tradition for the next generation of students.”
I donated a token $50 to the College of Science and Mathematics in honor. (March 22, 2025).
Marcia Stone (the wife of John C. Stone II) further wrote:
“John [John C. Stone II] and I visited Stone Hall about ten years ago. The University pulled out all the stops to engage us. There was a brass sculpture of JCS I outside that the students touched before exams for good luck. We met with a teacher who had been a JCS1 student. But John did not care to contribute. Sorry about that.
JCS1 was hard working, known for cranking out math textbooks by the armful. He was also considered a great teacher and ran the prep school connected with the college with his co-author whose name is on a dozen of the text books. “My friend Mary Webb’s boyfriend, Cody Webb went to that school.”
Link on our website about John Stone: