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NewsvineFor students tired of the ongoing construction throughout campus, Burt McMurtry M.S. ‘59, Ph.D. ‘62, chair of the Board of Trustees, says that much more is yet to come.
The Board of Trustees of Stanford University approved outlines on Tuesday for several new buildings to be constructed throughout campus and the lands adjacent to the University. Plans in the works include a habitat conservation area along creeks and watersheds on campus lands, a new child care center near El Camino Real, an athletics practice gym, a new parking structure and additional faculty housing.
“With all this building, we are going to pray for tolerance from our faculty, staff and students,” McMurtry said, acknowledging the prolonged construction necessary to complete these projects.
The conservation habitat will protect native salamanders in local water areas. A new multi-story parking structure near Maples Pavilion, McMurtry said, is needed to make up for the parking areas which will be taken away to contribute to the new campus for the Graduate School of Business. An almost $15 million practice gym, in which the Arrillaga family will likely be involved, will be built because there is not currently enough practice space for basketball, volleyball and other sports.
In addition, the University plans to expand faculty housing, particularly with 22 affordable new rental units near El Camino that will be specified for assistant athletic coaches, who have complained in the past about the lack of affordable rental apartments in the areas surrounding campus. McMurtry believes these rental units — which have a projected cost of approximately $14 million and could be up as early as the summer of 2009 — should persuade assistant coaches to stay on campus and with the school.
“Attracting and being able to hold our assistant coaches is a high enough priority to put some money into,” he said.
Other major moves by the Board of Trustees included the addition of five new members to the board, as well as the election of Leslie Hume Ph.D. ‘79, a research consultant in Mountain View and a European history scholar, as President of the Board of Trustees. Hume will take over as president when McMurtry steps down in July. The new members of the Board of Trustees are Ann Lamont, Miriam Rivera ‘86, Goodwin Liu ‘91, Richard Sapp ‘78 and John Gunn ‘65.