The
building is named in honor of the late Heinz Wilsdorf, first chair of the Department
of Materials Science and Engineering and his wife, Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf, University
Professor of Applied Science.
Wilsdorf Hall will be a 99,000 gross-square-foot,
five-story structure that will link the University's materials science and chemical
engineering buildings. It will include research laboratories, faculty offices,
conference rooms, computational facilities, and work-study areas.
The lead
gift for this building came from alumnus Greg Olsen, a 1971 graduate of the Department
of Materials Science. Greg's gift was the largest ever received by our school
and he chose to give it in honor of the Wilsdorfs, who were his professors during
his student years here.
