Kaufman Hall
Kaufman Hall is one of the six buildings that surround Kaufman Mall on the campus of Old Dominion University (ODU). It is located on the west side of the mall between Webb University Center and Monarch Hall. The building is named after Charles Kaufman, a Norfolk lawyer and strong proponent of Old Dominion’s independence.
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History
Dedicated in 1965, Kaufman Hall is one of four buildings housing the Batten College of Engineering and Technology. Due to the program’s rapid growth in the 1960s, the Engineering Laboratory Building, later renamed Duckworth Hall after former Norfolk mayor Fred Duckworth, was built next door in 1971. A glass structure was built to connect the two buildings in 1986. In the mid-1990s, due to the controversy of Duckworth’s past as a supporter of segregation, his name was taken off the building. Today, both buildings make up Kaufman Hall.
Resources
- Old Dominion University Photographic and Multimedia Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Perry Library, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, 23529.
- ODU Photographic Collection, Old Dominion University Libraries Digital Collections, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Building the University, Old Dominion University Libraries Digital Exhibit, 2005.
References
- Bookman, Steven and Jessica Ritchie. Old Dominion University: A Campus History Series. Arcadia Publishing. Charleston, South Carolina, 2017.