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Benedum Hall is the key academic engineering building for the University of Pittsburgh built with a gift from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation.
Commonly known locally as Pitt, the University of Pittsburgh is a state-related research university that began in 1787. The university is comprised of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools located in various buildings in the city’s Oakland neighborhood — effectively making it Pitt’s campus.
The Benedum Foundation was established in 1944 to honor Claude Worthington Benedum (1898-1918) by his father, the energy entrepreneur Michael L. Benedum (1869-1959). Claude died at the age of 20 of influenza while serving in the US Army.
Benedum Hall was completed in 1971 and is an example of the “brutalist” style of architecture — a form that began in the 1950s that primarily uses concrete to create fortress-like structures.
Today the building houses the university’s Swanson School Of Engineering, which was founded in 1846 and is one of the oldest engineering schools in the United States. In 2007 it was named after computer software pioneer John A. Swanson, who made a substantial gift.
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