Penn State Intercom......April 3, 2003
$10 million gift aids
construction of SALA building
The University's plans
to construct a new home for its School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
are now becoming reality, thanks to a $10 million gift from a Pittsburgh
couple, H. Campbell "Cal" Stuckeman and his late wife, Eleanor Stuckeman.
Cal Stuckeman, a 1937 Penn State graduate and a registered architect, is retired president and chairman of The Precise Corp., a manufacturer of machine tools and measuring devices. Eleanor Stuckeman participated in planning for their gift before she died in January 2002.
The University's Board of Trustees will be asked to recognize the donors' generosity and vision by naming the facility the Stuckeman Family Building, according to President Graham B. Spanier.
Groundbreaking ceremonies were held Saturday March 29. Construction is scheduled for completion by August 2004.
The state-of-the-art facility will be located adjacent to the Palmer Museum of Art. It will provide studios, laboratories and office space for the school, which was created in 1996 and is one of the few of its kind nationwide. The projected cost of $23.5 million will be met with combined private gifts and University funds.
The School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, part of the College of Arts and Architecture, enrolls about 550 students and has 55 faculty. It is currently housed in a series of engineering units (A, B, C, D, and E) built between 1911 and 1920, which are located across the University Park campus from the college's other facilities. The new building will be located with the rest of the college to create a common learning environment.
The Stuckemans have a long association with the University. Cal Stuckeman's father, Herman Stuckeman, and uncle, Howard Stuckeman, graduated from Penn State in 1909 and 1925, respectively. Also, Cal and Eleanor met at Penn State when Cal was an undergraduate.
The Stuckemans have been generous supporters of the College of Arts and Architecture, which has named its Stuckeman Center for Design Computing in their honor. Cal Stuckeman also serves as honorary chair of the College of Arts and Architecture's segment of the University's Grand Destiny capital campaign. The Stuckemans' grandson, Phillip, is an undergraduate in the Eberly College of Science.
In 2000, Penn State named Cal Stuckeman a Distinguished Alumnus, the highest honor it can bestow on one of its graduates, in recognition of his life achievements.