The bronze bust of Dr. David W. Mullins, the University's 14th president, was unveiled at a ceremony officially marking the change of the name of the University Library to the David W. Mullins Library on November 21, 1975. The name was changed by action of the Board of Trustees after Mullins' retirement as president of the university (1960-1974). The life-size bust was sculpted in the lost wax process by Subrata Lahiri, assistant professor of art.