1991-1992 USD Facts

ALCALA PARK

U SD's 180-acre campus is located atop a mesa overlook- ing San Diego's Mission Bay, near the intersection of Interstates 5 and 8. The campus is regarded as one of the most architecturally unique in the country, with 18 major buildings designed in an ornamental 16th century Spanish Renaissance style. The USD campus was named Alcala Park after a Spanish village near Madrid - Alcala de Henares . Founded by the Greeks as Complutum, the village was later renamed Al Kala (the Castle) Nahar (after the river Henares) by the Moslems . Christians recaptured the village centuries later and founded a university whose buildings became the inspiration for USD's architectural style. All ofUSD's administrative and classroom facilities are located on the upper campus. At the east end are the Alcala Vista apartments, the Mission housing complex, graduate student apartments and the Sports Center complex, which includes Torero Stadium, tennis courts, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, gymnasium, weight room and other playing fields.

j Since 1984, USD has completed seven major construction and expansion projects. 1n 1990, two projects were com- pleted and dedicated - the Douglas F. Manchester Family Child Development Center, a 6,000-square-foot facility located southeast of Cunningham Baseball Stadium; and the newly expanded and renovated Katherine M. and George M. Pardee Jr. Legal Research Center, a facility that is double the size of the former law library and reflects the latest developments in information technology. Other projects completed within the past decade include the Alcala Vista apartments (1987), a 156-unit student apartment complex; the Ernest and Jean Hahn University Center (1986) , a 75,000-square-foot building that houses dining, meeting and office areas; Olin Hall (1984), home to the School of Business Administration; the Douglas F. Manchester Executive Conference Center (1984); and the Helen K. and James S. Copley library (1984).

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