1992-1993 USD Facts

ALCALA PARK

U SD's 180-acre campus overlooking San Diego's Mission Bay is regarded as one of the most archiceccurally unique in the country, with 18 major buildings designed in an ornamental 16ch century Spanish Renaissance style. The USO campus was named Alcala Park after a Spanish village near Madrid - Alcala de Henares. Founded by che Greeks as Complucum, che village was lacer renamed Al Kala (the Cascle) Nahar (after che river Henares) by che Moslems. Christians recap- tured che village centuries lacer and founded a university whose buildings became the inspiration for USD's architectural style. All of USD's administrative and classroom facilities are located on che upper campus. Ac che ease end are che Alcala Vista apart- ments, che Mission housing complex, graduate student apartments and che Spores Center complex, which includes Torero Stadium, tennis courcs , an Olympic-sized swimming pool, gymnasium, weight room and ocher playing fields.

Since 1984, USO has completed eight major construction and expansion projects. In 1992, the university completed the 45,000- square-foot Loma Hall, which includes an expanded bookstore, a larger mail center, engineering classrooms and office space for the physics, engineering and arcs and sciences departments . In 1990, the newly expanded and renovated Katherine M. and George M . Pardee Jr. Legal Research Center opened, a facility that is double the size of the former law library and reflects the latest develop- ments in information technology. The university completed and opened the 6,000-square-fooc Douglas F. Manchester Family Child Development Center in 1989. Ocher projects completed within the past decade include the Alcala Vista apartments (I 987), a 156-unit student apartment complex; che Ernest and Jean Hahn University Center (1987), a 76,000-square-foot building chat houses dining, meeting and office areas; Olin Hall (1984), home to the School of Business Administration; the Douglas F. Manchester Executive Conference Center (I 984); and the Helen K. and James S. Copley Library (I 984).

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