Mervis Hall
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Mervis Hall is an academic building at the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States that houses the Katz Graduate School of Business. The building was built on the former site of Forbes Field and dedicated in 1983.[1] The flagpole and a portion of the left and center field walls still exist just outside adjacent to the left plaza of the building. A bronze plaque indicates the portion over which Mazeroski's 1960 blast traveled.
Mervis Hall was also the previous name of the building now called Thackeray Hall, which housed the Graduate School of Business from 1972 until it moved into the new Mervis Hall completed in 1983.
A number of photos, engravings, watercolors and mixed media works hang on the second and third floors. The 1971 aluminum sculpture "Twin Circles Geared Together" by Willi Gutmann located on the second floor was a gift from ALCOA. On the third floor, the Salvador Dali lithograph, “Cosmic Athlete,” is among several works gracing the hallways.[2]
In the November, 2007, renovations on the building began. There will be several phases, including a financial analysis lab and a new HVAC system. In addition, $2.3 million of the third floor of Mervis Hall will create new suites for administration and information technology services, as well as a new suite for the Master of Business Administration program that will house the placement, admissions, and career services departments.[3]
[edit] External links
- University of Pittsburgh Virtual Tour: Mervis Hall
- Katz Graduate School of Business
- Mervis Hall Floor Plan
- Mervis Hall disability entrance
[edit] References
- Alberts, Robert C. (1987). Pitt: The Story of the University of Pittsburgh 1787-1987. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-1150-7.
| Preceded by Posvar Hall |
University of Pittsburgh Buildings Mervis Hall Constructed: 1983 |
Succeeded by Sutherland Hall |
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