Pugh Hall, new UF facility, to be dedicated Feb. 9

January 31, 2008

WHAT:
Dedication ceremony for Jim and Alexis Pugh Hall

WHEN:
11 a.m. Feb. 9

WHERE:
Pugh Hall, Buckman Drive between Dauer and Newell halls, University of Florida campus.

PARKING INFORMATION:
Parking should be plentiful. For a campus parking map go to http://www.parking.ufl.edu/.

BACKGROUND:
Pugh Hall, a 40,000-square foot facility, includes a teaching auditorium and public space for lectures and events. It is home to the Department of African and Asian Languages and Literatures, the Bob Graham Center for Public Service and the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program.

Jim Pugh received a bachelor’s degree in building construction from UF in 1963 and owns Epoch Properties, an Orlando-based company that builds hotels, timeshares and rental housing across the U.S. He is also chairman of Epoch Management, a comprehensive real estate management firm. Alexis Pugh owns Lakeshore Advertising Consultants in Orlando, which designs and produces collateral materials for clients in the multi-family housing industry.

POTENTIAL SOURCES:
Attendees will include the Pughs; retired U.S. Sen. and former Florida Gov. Bob Graham; UF President Bernie Machen; Joe Glover, interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Joe Glover; Jim Mueller, associate dean for administrative affairs; Ann Wehmeyer, chairwoman of African and Asian Languages and Literatures; Paul Ortiz, director of the Proctor Oral History Program Paul Ortiz; and Tony Rosenbaum, interim director of the Graham Center for Public Service.

CONTACT:
For more information, contact Buffy Lockette in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at 352-846-2032 or editor@clas.ufl.edu.