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OSU Buildings Histories in the Special Collections and Archives Research Center

Building History

A color image of CH2M HILL Alumni Center.

 

The CH2M HILL Alumni Center is a 40,000-square-foot meeting and conference facility comprised of the Cascade Ballroom, multiple breakout rooms and a lobby. It is adjacent to the LaSells Stewart Center, and together they form the university’s major event and conference space. It is also home to the OSU Alumni Association. The initial donation for the privately funded facility came from CH2M HILL, an engineering firm created in 1946 by three Oregon State College graduates and their professor (Cornell, Howland, Hayes & Merryfield = CH2M). The center opened in 1997.

General Information

Address

725 SW 26th St

Architect

IDC Architects (Ken Lundgren, Project Architect)

Year Built

1997

Renovations

Unknown

Square Footage

45,663

Purpose/Usage

Alumni Association, Conference Space, Ballroom

Previous Name(s)

N/A

Namesake

CH2M HILL= Engineering firm created by alumni Cornell, Howland, Hayes, & Merryfield

Historic District

No

Blueprints

Unknown

Maps

Facilities Services Records, 1888-2003. Series XX:  Campus, Farm, and Property Maps, 1899-1990. Campus and Farm Maps: 3-A

Photographs

University Archives Photographic Collection, 1970-2007

Further Archival Information

Oregon Digital: Contains mostly articles with stories about the CH2M Hill Alumni Center and the events that have occurred there over the years.

SCARC: The Special Collections and Archives Research Center has collected a large variety of sources over the years that contain the history of the CH2M Hill Alumni Center. Of note is the Memorabilia Collection, box 26.7.

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