Lehman Hall

  • Overview

    Facility
    LEHMAN
    Number
    A173
    Function
    Residen
    Gross Square Feet
    62,931
    Construction Cost
    $1,998,000
    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

    Herbert H. Lehman.

    Herbert H. Lehman (1878-1963) was Governor of New York State from 1937 to 1942. “Citizen and statesman, he has used wisdom and compassion as the tools of government and has made politics the highest form of public service.” (President Medal of Freedom citation, 1963). Lehman would come to dedicate his life to public service, both through his work in government and in charities.