UNTA_U0458-035-004_01 The Union building was dedicated on March 31, 1949. Major General Roger Ramey, a North Texas alumnus, was the guest speaker at the event. He recalled his days as a student twenty-five years earlier and how the students at that time longed for a union. He stated that he did not think then that the students would need to wait through another world war before they would see the dream fulfilled.