1994-1995 USD Facts

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Alcala Park

U SD's 180-acre campus overlooking San Diego's Mission Bay is rega rded as one of che most architecturally unique in che councry, wich 18 major buildings des igned in an ornamencal 16th century Span ish Renaissance style. The USO campus was named Alcala Park after a Spanish village near Madrid - Alcala de Henares. Founded by che Greeks as Complutum, the village was lacer renamed Al Kala (the Castle) Nahar (afte r che river Henares) by che Moslems. Christi ans recap- tured che village centuries lacer and founded a university whose buildings became che inspiration for USD's archicectural style. All ofUSD 's administrative and classroom faci lities are located on the upper campus. Ac che ease end are che Alcala Vista aparc- mencs, che Mission housing comp lex, graduate studenc aparcmencs and che Spores Center complex, which includes Torero Stadium, tennis courts, 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, che university comp leted che 45,000- square-fooc Loma Hall , which includes an expanded booksrore, a larger mail cencer, classrooms , laborarocies and office space for physics, engineering, and ocher arcs and sciences departments. In 1990 , the newly expanded and renovated Katherine M. and George M . Pardee Jr. Legal Research Cencer opened, a facility char is double the size of che former law lib rary and reflects che latest developments in information techno logy. The university complet- ed and opened che 6,000-square-fooc Douglas F. Manchester Fami ly Chi ld Developmenc Center in 1989. Ocher projects completed within the pas t decade include the Alcala Vista aparcmencs (1987), a 156-unic student aparcmenc complex; the Ernest and Jean Hahn University Cencer (1987), a 76, 000-square-foot building chat houses dining, meeting and office areas; Olin Hall (1984) , home co the School of Business Admin- istration; che Douglas F. Manchester Executive Conference Cencer (1984); and the Helen K. and James S. Copley Library (1984).

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