Burdine Hall | |
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General information | |
Location | University of Texas at Austin |
Address | 2505 University Avenue |
Town or city | Austin, Texas |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 30°17′20″N97°44′18″W / 30.28885°N 97.73835°W Coordinates: 30°17′20″N97°44′18″W / 30.28885°N 97.73835°W |
Completed | 1970 |
Inaugurated | December 14, 1970 [1] |
Burdine Hall is a building on the University of Texas at Austin campus, in the U.S. state of Texas. The classroom and office building is named after J. Alton Burdine, a former dean of the University of Texas College of Arts and Sciences, and has previously been referred to as the North Campus Classroom-Office. The hall reportedly cost $2.1 million and has previously housed the departments of anthropology, government, and sociology, as well as student financial aid offices. [2] There is a local urban legend that the layout of the building's windows was intended to resemble a computer punched card. [3] Departments and Centers currently housed
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