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A dedication ceremony for Sullivan Lane Residential Village, the new student-housing complex, will be held at 5 p.m. Friday, March 31.
The $29 million, 94,600-square-foot complex houses 311 students in four attractive brick residences that surround a large quadrangle. The ceremony will be held outdoors on that quad with a reception following. Selected rooms in each residence hall will be open to view. The reception and viewing period will conclude at 6:30 p.m. In case of rain the ceremony will be held in Colton Chapel.
The residences are named in recognition of generous financial commitments to Lafayette by James R. Fisher ’77, Harold N. Kamine ’78, and George F. Rubin ’64. J. Peter Simon ’75 also provided major support for the project.
The dedication will feature remarks by Fisher; Alan R. Griffith ’64, chair of the Board of Trustees, President Dan Weiss; Annette Diorio, acting associate dean of students and director of residential life; and Nicole Huff ’07 (Springfield, N.J.). A Marquis Scholar who is pursuing both a bachelor of science in neuroscience and a bachelor of arts with a major in economics and business, Huff is programming chair of the College’s Residence Hall Council.
Students participated in all key phases of the design process for the functional and diverse living environment located at the southwestern corner of the campus. The complex accommodates undergraduates from all four class years in a setting that encourages a sense of community. All buildings include air-conditioning, elevators, cooking and laundry facilities, and wireless Internet access. A focal point of the outdoor area is the Class of 1964 Plaza, a multipurpose space that includes a grand staircase, with seating, where students can gather for informal and formal activities. To underscore the residential village’s identity as a destination for the entire campus, a brick-lined walkway extends from the village through Farinon Court to the area between Marquis Hall and Easton Hall.
Upper-level students manage their own living environment in Fisher Hall East and Fisher Hall West, which feature apartment-style units that accommodate two to seven residents each and have private cooking and living spaces. The Fisher buildings, which opened in January, house 162 students, primarily seniors.
Kamine Hall, which also opened in January, includes space for 90 first-year students and their resident advisers, as well as an apartment for a faculty or staff member who works closely with first-year students. Kamine and the nearby Conway House and P T Farinon House accommodate more than 150 first-year students. Lounges and cooking facilities on each floor facilitate small-group interaction among the residents. Located on the ground floor of Kamine Hall is the newest eatery on campus, Simon’s, which caters to the tastes of village residents with an early morning selection of breakfast pastries and coffee and a late-night menu of specialty sandwiches, soups, and salads.
Rubin Hall opened in August. It houses 59 upper-level students and resident advisers, primarily in single rooms, and contains comfortably appointed lounges and kitchens. Rubin’s most distinctive feature is the section of the building that can be utilized as a self-contained, special-interest living unit for 14 students and a resident adviser. This separate area has its own entrance, which opens into a large multipurpose dining and meeting space.
The complex also includes a parking deck with an initial capacity of 336 vehicles. The residential village was designed by RTKL Architects, Baltimore, Md. The construction manager was Turner Construction, Philadelphia, Pa.
Jim Fisher is managing member of Fisher Capital Corp., LLC, Cranbury, N.J. He and his wife, Tracey, endowed two funds at Lafayette during the Lafayette Leadership Campaign, a scholarship named for Jim’s parents, James J. and Frances D. Fisher, and a fund in their own names that benefits Lafayette’s varsity athletics programs. He is also a leading contributor to the renovation of Fisher Field.
Fisher served as vice chair of the Lafayette Leadership Council and has been a trustee since 2004. Jim and Tracey Fisher are Sustaining Members of the Marquis Society and were inducted into the Société d’Honneur in 1999. Lauren, the oldest of their three children, is a junior at Lafayette.
Hal Kamine, a trustee since 2000 and recipient of the Clifton P. Mayfield ’09 Outstanding Young Alumni Award, is chairman of KMC Telecom. He and his wife, Kathleen Coogan Kamine ’78, have been supportive of many Lafayette programs, including engineering (in which they both majored), athletics, and Skillman Library. They have also been active volunteers for Lafayette’s admissions, development, alumni, and career services offices.
The Kamines are Sustaining Members of the Marquis Society and were the first (and remain the only) alumni couple to be inducted into the Société d’Honneur. Their three children include Michelle, a 2004 Lafayette graduate, and Matt, a junior.
George Rubin, vice chairman of Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, Philadelphia, Pa., has been a trustee since 1989. The chair of the board’s Committee on Grounds and Buildings and a member of its Easton Committee, he also served on the Committee on Selectivity.
Rubin and his wife, Lorraine, were inducted into the Société d’Honneur during the Lafayette Leadership Campaign and are Sustaining Members of the Marquis Society. Their gifts have benefited several major construction projects at the College.
The Rubins’ ties to Lafayette include two alumni sons, Tim ’88 and Dan ’92, and two alumnae daughters-in-law, Lisa Kiziuk Rubin ’89 and Kristen Glauda Rubin ’92.
Peter Simon is co-chairman of William E. Simon & Sons, LLC, Morristown, N.J., a private investment firm and merchant bank that he, his father, William E. Simon ’52, and brother, William E. Simon, Jr., founded in 1988.
A trustee since 2001, he is vice chair of the board’s Committee on Investments and a member of the Committee on Grounds and Buildings. He has served Lafayette as an Alumni Admissions Representative, was a member of the Lafayette Leadership Council, and was vice chair of the New Jersey regional effort during the Lafayette Leadership Campaign. Simon’s wife, Janet Mauriello Simon, is also a member of the class of 1975.
Also recognized at the dedication for his support will be Leon M. Wagner ’75, a former member of the Lafayette Leadership Council who is chairman of GoldenTree Asset Management, LP, New York, N.Y.
The Class of 1964 Plaza is named in recognition of support provided by members of the Class of ’64 for their 40th Reunion.
A lounge located in Rubin Hall, near the building’s main entrance, is named Delta Upsilon Lounge in recognition of support provided by the Brothers of Delta Upsilon in memory of Anthony J. Califano ’64, Patrick F. McNally ’64, and David R. Torre ’64.