Graduate Life Center at Donaldson Brown

Otey街155号. NW

The Graduate Life Center at Donaldson Brown is 首页 to 115 graduate and professional students and the 研究生院 offices. It provides a hub for graduate student life, offering students opportunities to meet and collaborate with faculty and peers across disciplines, develop skills for academic and professional success, and maintain a healthy work-life balance.

The center’s primary mission is to promote graduate education and graduate community. The building is also used for events and services organized or held by or for the 研究生院, 研究生, 和毕业生校友.

Frank Donaldson Brown

The building memorializes Frank Donaldson Brown, a 1902 graduate of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (now 弗吉尼亚理工大学). 他为E工作.I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Co. as an explosives salesman and ultimately company treasurer, playing a role in the company's diversification into the chemical field. He then became vice president of finance and a board member at General Motors Corp. He was a charter recipient of 弗吉尼亚理工大学's Distinguished 校友 Citation.

建筑历史

The newest section of the building, originally known as the Continuing Education Center, was constructed 1965-68. 旧的部分, originally known as the Faculty Center, was built in 1935 and was used as faculty apartments and public dining room until closed in spring 1965.

The facility served as the university’s hotel and conference center before its conversion in 2006 for graduate use. The newer portion contains 622-seat auditorium, 500 capacity dining room, 七个, 60-seat conference rooms and 141 single and double rooms.

最初建立:: 1935
映射网格:: O-5
Abbreviation / Number:: 明矾/ 251
坐标:: 37.22822, -80.41756