Academics and laboratories; completed 1960. Building cost $992,385; 66,138 sq. ft. Known as Physics Building until 1968 when renamed Robeson Hall in honor of Frank L. Robeson, head of physics department 1923-54. Dedicated June 7, 1969.
Frank Leigh Robeson (1884-1974) was a student from 1901 to 1904, a faculty member from 1904 to 1954, and head of the Department of Physics from 1923 to 1954. As a student at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (now Virginia Tech), Robeson helped draw plans for many campus buildings and faculty houses. During half a century of employment with the college, he taught mathematics, mechanical engineering, and physics and wrote the leading physics textbook of the time. He was a fellow in the American Academy of Science.
Address: West Campus Drive | Map Grid: K-5
Originally Built: 1960 | Abbreviation: ROB