William Danforth erected 24 Danforth Chapels on American college campuses during the 1940s and 1950s. Constructed with funds from a gift by Mr. and Mrs. William H. Danforth of the Danforth Foundation of St. Louis, the nondenominational chapel occupies a picturesque site on the east bank of the Iowa River. Inside, a plaque reads: “To aspire nobly, to live daringly, to serve humbly.”