Beeson Divinity School

It is named for Ralph Waldo Beeson (1900–1990), who gave one of the largest donations (70 Million USD) in Samford history to create the first divinity school at a Baptist college in the US, and for his father, John Wesley Beeson.

[3] Ralph Beeson wanted the donation to remain anonymous, but relented to the naming of the school after his father at the suggestion of Samford's board of trustees.

In the dome are sixteen prominent figures from Christian history representing a variety of theological traditions.

The third cycle are six busts in cultured marble of 20th-century Christian martyrs from each of the six inhabited continents.

In the early twenty-first century, Beeson has hosted a number of theology conferences, including "The Will to Believe and the Need for Creed" (2009), "J.I.