Trustee donates $15 million to NDLS
More good news from Notre Dame Law School:
Robert F. Biolchini, a member of the University of Notre Dame Board of Trustees and partner in the Tulsa, Okla., law firm Stuart, Biolchini & Turner, and his wife, Frances, have made a $15 million gift to the University to help underwrite the renovation of the current Notre Dame Law School building. ...
After a comprehensive renovation of the existing law school building, which will be renamed Biolchini Hall, it will house an expanded Kresge Law Library. The renovation in Biolchini Hall also will include two 50-seat classrooms, new space for Notre Dame Law Review, and new offices and work space for admissions and career services. The exterior of the building, including masonry, windows and roofing, will be restored where necessary.
A covered archway will link Biolchini Hall to the adjacent Eck Hall of Law, a three-story, 85,000-square-foot building that is under construction on the site of the former campus post office. Eck Hall will be composed primarily of a new moot courtroom, classrooms and faculty offices. When it is completed in January 2009, law school operations will be moved out of the existing building and renovation work will begin.
“The combination of Biolchini and Eck Halls will give Notre Dame one of the outstanding law school facilities in the country,” said Patricia A. O’Hara, Joseph A. Matson Dean of Notre Dame Law School. “On behalf of all law school faculty, students and alumni, I want to offer my deepest thanks to Bob, Fran and their family.”
Hmm... Biolchini Hall and Eck Hall, connected by a covered archway. Hey, how much does it cost to build a covered archway? We should put together a blog fundraising campaign, and get it named the "Irish Trojan Archway." ;)
Only if we can hire Ian McKellan to stand underneath it and say "YOU SHALL NOT PASS" on the hour. :)
Posted by: Becky | Apr 30, 2008 10:40:06 AM
LOL!
Posted by: Brendan | Apr 30, 2008 10:55:17 AM
Hell would freeze over before the ND Nation would allow the term "Trojan" to be included in the name of a building at Our Lady's University. There would be a capital campain to outbid you so large that the leftover funds would feed and clothe everyone in Africa.
Posted by: Patrick | Apr 30, 2008 1:24:27 PM
LOL.
Posted by: Brendan | Apr 30, 2008 1:44:10 PM
Keep Patty O?
Posted by: BK | Apr 30, 2008 7:31:24 PM
Sweeeeeeet! Thank you Mr. Biolchini!
Posted by: B Nichs | May 1, 2008 10:32:41 AM