LehighWeek Volume 07, Issue 22

              Cohen Lecture Announced
See page 3
Something's Cooking with Food Services See page 4-5
Looking Back at Chandler-Ullmann See page 6
Wrestling Results on Hepp
Round-up of Spring Sports
'94 Football Recruits
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LEHIGHWEEK
Volume 7, Issue 22
Plus SOUTH MOUNTAINEER
March 22,1994
Chandler-Ullmann to be Dedicated as:
National Historic Chemical Landmark
The American Chemical Society (ACS)
will dedicate the William S. Chandler
Laboratory section of Chandler-Ullmann Hall
as a National Historic Chemical Landmark
on Sat., March 26.
A reception will be held at 10 a.m. in
Chandler-Ullmann Hall. The program will
begin at 10:30 a.m. in room 230. Both events
are open to the public free of charge.
The original portion of the building was
designed by William S. Chandler, professor of
chemistry at Lehigh from 1871 to 1906, in
cooperation with architect Addison Hutton of
Philadelphia. Built in 1884-85, the structure
featured innovations in laboratory design and
ventilation that allowed the teaching of large
sections of undergraduate chemistry.
For its unique features, the building
received a design prize at the 1889 Paris
International Exposition. An extension was
added to the west wing in 1919 and the
Ullmann wing was added to the building
in 1938.
The dedication is part of the 100th
anniversary celebration of the Lehigh
Valley Chapter of ACS, which was
organized February 15,1894, in
Chandler Hall. At that meeting,
Chandler was elected the first president
of the chapter.
Jeffrey L. Sturchio of Merck and Co.,
the chair of ACS's National Historic
Chemical Landmarks Committee, will
give the welcoming remarks for the
program. Ned D. Heindel, the Howard
S. Bunn Professor of Chemistry at
Lehigh and the national president of
ACS, will present a dedication plaque to
President Peter Likins.
Other speakers on the program
include Roger A. Egolf, '87, '90G,
continued on page 2
Work begins on Upper Grace Hall
By RITA MALONE, Writers' Group
Preliminary demolition
work has begun on the
project to convert upper
Grace Hall into a new
student center. Construction
is scheduled to be completed
by October according to
Anthony Corallo, assistant
vice president for facilities
services.
The renovated facility
will be known as the Ulrich
Student Center. The project
was made possible by a
generous gift from Trustee
Ronald J. Ulrich'66. The
remainder of the funding has
been raised from alumni and
friends of Lehigh. No tuition
money will be used to pay for
the project.
In order for the
demolition to begin, the two
ROTC detachments have
been moved out of upper
Grace Hall. Army ROTC
(military science) in now in
Coxe Lab, and Air Force
ROTC (aerospace studies) is
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Preliminary artist rendering of Upper Grace Hall
now in lower Grace.
(Lehigh's Air Force ROTC
unit will be disbanded June
30,1995 as part of the Air
Force's nationwide
restructuring.)
The $2.4 million upper
Grace project includes a 140-
seat movie theater with
retractable seating for
flexibility in using the space,
offices for student
organizations, a New York-
style deli, a store, a post
office, individual mailboxes
for all undergraduates, and
lounges. It also includes a
"great room," a large multipurpose room for studying,
games, dances, other
entertainment, and space for
students to just "hang out."
The expectation is that
the Ulrich Student Center
will become a hub of
activities and provide a
comfortable setting for
students to relax, meet
formally and informally, and
participate in activities. It
was designed by Dagit Saylor
Architects in Philadelphia.
Alvin H. Butz will be the
construction manager.
"For students in my era,
Grace was a significant part
of our Lehigh experience,"
said Ulrich. "I am critically
aware of how important it is
to provide a base for a
student center. In
combination with Taylor
Gym and the Zoellner Arts
Center, Grace will
dramatically affect not only
student life but the recruiting
of new students."
No date has been set for
phase II of the project, which
involves renovations to lower
Grace to create a versatile
recreational complex. Lower
Grace will have a expanded
gym floor with retractable
bleachers capable of holding
two basketball courts, a
volleyball room, and exercise
rooms for dance, aerobics,
club sports, etc. It will
remain a site for
intercollegiate volleyball
and some wrestling matches.
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