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Home > Departments > Facilities Planning & Design > Campus Info > Building Profiles > North Campus Building Profiles > Baldy Hall

Baldy Hall

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BALDY

A100

Academic

186,298

$6,811,000

December, 1974

Harry Weese & Assoc. of Chicago; Anthony Carlino & Assoc. of Buffalo

OCCUPANTS

Baldy Hall Occupany Report  Adobe Reader Document (PDF)

FUNCTION 

Baldy Hall is the home of the Graduate School of Education, the Graduate School of Social Work, and the School of Information Studies. It is a centrally located building on the spine and is characterized by the varied number of academic units that occupies its space. The second-level corridor that connects Baldy to Jacobs Hall, Lockwood Library, and O'Brian Hall also serves as a snack vending area and a space for gathering, people-watching, and studying.

NAMESAKE

Christopher Baldy (1885-1959) was a Buffalo native who graduated from the law school in 1910. During a long and successful career, he was a member of the University Council from 1950 to 1959 and an active member of the Alumni Association. At his death, he left a bequest of $1.5 million to the university.