History of Fox Hall Built as a final addition to the first men's housing complex, the sixth section opened in 1958 and honors Dr. Luther A. Fox 1868, an outstanding Lutheran minister and the first to receive an honorary D.D. from Roanoke College. Dr. Fox joined the faculty in 1882, teaching history, philosophy and religion until his death in 1925. Dr. Fox awed his students because he never brought a textbook to class, yet made references or assignments both by pages and lines with unerring accuracy.