Dewey Hall

  • Overview

    Facility
    DEWEY
    Number
    A172
    Function
    Residen
    Gross Square Feet
    63,085
    Construction Cost
    $1,999,000
    Completed
    November 1972
    Architect
    I.M. Pei and Associates

  • Function

    Governors Residence Complex is a dormitory for freshman, honors, international, graduate, and other students. It consists of four linked halls: Clinton, Dewey, Lehman & Roosevelt. The Governors complex was designed by I.M. Pei. Pei also designed an addition to the Louvre and Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. SUNY used Pei's plans to design a dormitory at SUNY Fredonia that is architecturally identical to Governors.

  • Namesake

    Thomas E. Dewey.

    Thomas E. Dewey (1903-1971) was Governor of New York State from 1943 to 1954, during which time the State University was created.  He lost a famous close race for U.S. president in 1948 to Harry S. Truman.