Show THE SUMMER STATESMAN MONDAY JULY 27 1981 S Lund gets new occupants JOHN WARD BY Passports-Applicatio- n of 43 years lund Hall provided a home for manv U'Sll students Now after a year of remodel-inLund Hall i almost ready to lie home fur mother campus group — this time fur university ver thr course1 researchers The old dormitory loratrd near L’Sl"s Library and Facies Business Ruitdmg out of service as a residence hall last taken is sear The building was in need of repairs and refurbishing to make It meet various safety and building codes That fait loupled with the building's entrai campus location made the old dorm a prime site fur offu e ami researi h Merrill ipnevshnh is at a premium at I'Sl' The renovation lirgan last summer and is ex pectrd to te lotnplete within a week or two "There are only some minor details led to finish" said Wendell Morse aitmg dun tor of campus planning The remodeling included muddying rlei tm al rvsirmt to make them usable installing more tfFicirnt heating systems and removing some interior walls to provide more spacious olfue arras According to Kartell Jensen sue president research at I'SU lund Hall will now lie usrd mainly as office space for the Center lor Atmospheric and Space Sciences Some o the offices will also fe used to house prolesvirs and fraduate students and there is spai e lor a few (or Ulnrat ours soon to occupy thr building are pnmarilv involved in the field of spate phvsns F the past several years manv of (hem have bren working from temporary offii es located in M trailers placed west of USU's Fngmeering small The people Building Instant Photo Service Copy-Fro- Slides Pictures m Hie cost of the remodeling in Lund Hall totalled $578000 Most of the money used to fund the project came (mm overhead provided by university researc h Some money was also obtained from funds used to bring buildings into tode compliance "A lot more money could have been spent” said M rve “Although it's still a big improvement the work was the minimum necessary to bring the building to (ode and make it usable & White Pictures From Miniatures to Posters Poster Factory xie 752-959- 5 fcBstfePl 55 N When the Center for Atmospheric and Space Sc irnces is fin tlly moved into its new quarters the trailers it now o tuples will Ire assigned for other uses According to Jensen three of the trailers are university-owneand will be used as spai e for expanding programs at USU The other thrre trailers are rented and no determination has feen made as to their future lund Hall is a sturdy three-stor- y building w tin h was the first jierrnanent residence hall Emporium d construe ted at L'SU It was built in response to a tremendous growth in the enrollment of L'SU — then known as the Utah Agricultural Collegt — in the 1930s The enrollment of the college increased threefold in the decade ending in 19 i8 I he building was completed as a Works Progress Administration project in 1937 and was designated as a dormitory for women It served when it was made tn that capacity until into an athletic dorm Lund Hall housed USU athlctrs until 1980 when the determination was made to remodrl the facility Lund Hall is named for Anthon H Lund a mrmlier of the Terntoriil Council Legislature the legislain the late 1800s Lund sponsored to open the Utah tion which provided funding College on March 8 1888 pgnaugnuiyuiiiR 16 Agricultural Main t rsojB3 |