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DePaul Opens $40 Million Science Building
DePaul University and the Collage of Liberal Arts and Sciences opened the new Monsignor Andrew J. McGowan Science Building on January 5, 2009.
The $40 million building, which houses Environmental Science, Chemistry and Biology, is located on the Lincoln Park Campus at 1110 W. Belden Avenue... more
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Photo Caption: Front Row (left to right) DePaul University leaders and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty and student in a ribbon-cutting photo op at the official opening of the Monsignor Andrew J. McGowan Science Building. Front: Professor Stanley Cohn, chair, biological sciences; Mary A. Dempsey (JD ’82), chair, DePaul Board of Trustees; Charles Suchar (LAS ’67), dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; and Amy Sparrow, environmental sciences major at DePaul. Back Row (left to right): The Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., DePaul president, Professor James Montgomery, program director, environmental sciences; Professor Richard Niedziela (LAS ’88), chair, chemistry; and Helmut Epp, DePaul provost.
The St. Vincent de Paul mural in the background, which graces the wall of the new science building, is composed of 6-inch-square images of science students at work. Artist Mary Jeon (LAS ’08) created the giant 26-x-24 portrait of DePaul’s patron saint with the guidance of Brother Mark Elder, C.M., adjunct art professor and university public art coordinator at DePaul.