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Alumni Hall (University of Notre Dame)
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Alumni Hall is one of the 29 residence halls and one of the 15 male dorms on the campus of the University of Notre Dame
. Alumni Hall is located on South Quad adjacent to "Main Circle" as you enter the Notre Dame campus, across from the law school building. Alumni houses 234 undergraduate residents.
. At the time, it provided a border for the southern edge of campus. The hall was so named in honor of the University's loyal alumni and was intended to be a home for alumni returning to campus. Alumni was originally configured to hold 212 students
Alumni was the first residence hall on campus to have an electric elevator. Its unique architecture includes gargoyles and stone carvings of everything from Madonna and Child (chapel entrance on north side), saints (Sts. Thomas Aquinas
and Bonaventure in the courtyard), dogs (Clashmore Mike, one of the original mascots of the football team), to Knute Rockne (east side). On the south side of the building, facing South Bend, is a carving of a college graduate known as Joe College who is looking towards leaving college for the real world. The hall's chapel is dedicated to St. Charles Borromeo, the patron saint of then-president Fr. Charles O'Donnell, CSC. Alumni Hall was renovated in the summer of 2004.
Alumni Hall has a tradition of putting up Greek letters. They are Delta-Omega-Gamma which spells out the name of the Alumni mascot. They display their letters at least three times a year. First, during orientation, secondly, during Alumni/Dillon Rivalry Week, and during Alumni's secretive Wake Week.
priest ordained in 1968, became rector of Alumni Hall in 1978. Father George received his bachelor's degree in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, an M.A. in Theology from Holy Cross College of Washington, D.C.
, and an M.S.A. from the University of Notre Dame. Prior to coming to Alumni Hall, he served as an associate pastor of St. Ignatius, Martyr, Parish in Austin, Texas
, where he also served as chaplain to the Texas State School for the Deaf. Father George holds a National Certificate for Teaching the Deaf from The University of Texas at Austin.
He has served as Rector of Alumni for 32 years, longer than any rector in the history of the University. Father George is revered by the residents of Alumni Hall and is often depicted on shirts and various other memorabilia.
University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
. Alumni Hall is located on South Quad adjacent to "Main Circle" as you enter the Notre Dame campus, across from the law school building. Alumni houses 234 undergraduate residents.
Hall History
Alumni Hall was constructed in 1931 at the same time as rival Dillon HallDillon Hall (University of Notre Dame)
Dillon Hall is one of the 29 Residence Halls on the campus of the University of Notre Dame and one of the 15 male dorms. Dillon is located directly west of Alumni Hall and is directly adjacent to South Dining Hall on the west. Dillon has space for 334 undergraduate students.-History:Dillon Hall is...
. At the time, it provided a border for the southern edge of campus. The hall was so named in honor of the University's loyal alumni and was intended to be a home for alumni returning to campus. Alumni was originally configured to hold 212 students
Alumni was the first residence hall on campus to have an electric elevator. Its unique architecture includes gargoyles and stone carvings of everything from Madonna and Child (chapel entrance on north side), saints (Sts. Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas, O.P. , also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino, was an Italian Dominican priest of the Catholic Church, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Communis, or Doctor Universalis...
and Bonaventure in the courtyard), dogs (Clashmore Mike, one of the original mascots of the football team), to Knute Rockne (east side). On the south side of the building, facing South Bend, is a carving of a college graduate known as Joe College who is looking towards leaving college for the real world. The hall's chapel is dedicated to St. Charles Borromeo, the patron saint of then-president Fr. Charles O'Donnell, CSC. Alumni Hall was renovated in the summer of 2004.
Alumni Hall has a tradition of putting up Greek letters. They are Delta-Omega-Gamma which spells out the name of the Alumni mascot. They display their letters at least three times a year. First, during orientation, secondly, during Alumni/Dillon Rivalry Week, and during Alumni's secretive Wake Week.
Current Rector
Rev. George Rozum, CSC, a Holy CrossCongregation of Holy Cross
The Congregation of Holy Cross or Congregatio a Sancta Cruce is a Catholic congregation of priests and brothers founded in 1837 by Blessed Father Basil Anthony-Marie Moreau, CSC, in Le Mans, France....
priest ordained in 1968, became rector of Alumni Hall in 1978. Father George received his bachelor's degree in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, an M.A. in Theology from Holy Cross College of Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
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, and an M.S.A. from the University of Notre Dame. Prior to coming to Alumni Hall, he served as an associate pastor of St. Ignatius, Martyr, Parish in Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
, where he also served as chaplain to the Texas State School for the Deaf. Father George holds a National Certificate for Teaching the Deaf from The University of Texas at Austin.
He has served as Rector of Alumni for 32 years, longer than any rector in the history of the University. Father George is revered by the residents of Alumni Hall and is often depicted on shirts and various other memorabilia.
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