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'''Architect:''' ADI Ltd.
'''Architect:''' ADI Ltd.


'''Named for:''' Mark Patrick Gillin, UNB graduate (BScCE '49, DSc '81), a member of the UNB Board of Governors, awarded title of governor emeritus in 2001.
'''Named for:''' Mark Patrick Gillin, UNB graduate (BScCE '49, DSc '81), a member of the UNB Board of Governors, awarded title of governor emeritus in 2001.  Gillan was the head of Gillin Engineering and Construction Ltd. and was a major benefactor to UNB, establishing engineering scholarships and bursaries and named the M. Patrick Gillin Chair in Construction Engineering.


'''Renovations/changes/additions:''' N/A
'''Renovations/changes/additions:''' N/A

Revision as of 14:56, 31 October 2022

Building Name: M. Patrick Gillin Hall

Students walk in front of Gillin Hall, 1988. PR; Series 2; Sub-series 2; File 396; Item 1. Photo credit: Joy Cummings-Dickenson.

Other Names: Gillin Hall

Civic Address: 540 Windsor Street

Sod Turning: Unknown

Cornerstone Laying: Unknown

Opened for Use: July 1988

Official Opening: 10 June 1989

Architect: ADI Ltd.

Named for: Mark Patrick Gillin, UNB graduate (BScCE '49, DSc '81), a member of the UNB Board of Governors, awarded title of governor emeritus in 2001. Gillan was the head of Gillin Engineering and Construction Ltd. and was a major benefactor to UNB, establishing engineering scholarships and bursaries and named the M. Patrick Gillin Chair in Construction Engineering.

Renovations/changes/additions: N/A

Notes: Gillin Hall was built as an addition to Head Hall, the engineering complex. The five-storey building contains office space, classrooms, and laboratories for the engineering and computer science faculties.

Source(s):

  • Montague, Susan. The Pictorial History of the University of New Brunswick. Fredericton, NB: University of New Brunswick, c1992, p. 267.
  • UA Case 123; Section 3; Gillin Hall
  • UNB Perspectives, [M. Patrick Gillin: Ambitions Found.]
  • Alumni Clippings - Large


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