Talk:University of Notre Dame residence halls

Comments
Articles merged: See old talk-pages for female list and male list — Noetic  Sage  06:05, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

merge from Badin Hall (University of Notre Dame)
There is discussion at Talk:Badin Hall (University of Notre Dame). There is also discussion at Deletion review/Log/2014 February 19. Unscintillating (talk) 22:29, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * We have consistently held that individual residence halls on a university campus have a rather high bar to notability. Merely having had residents who became notable is not enough--living in a place for a year or two is not a substantial connection. Local incidents that make the college paper are not enough either. Being part of a campus that as a campus is a historical region listed on the National Register is not enough to make the individual building significant. What is enough? Being a building listed individually on the National register is enough as for any other building; being an important work of a famous architect with substantial comment about it in professional journals is enough, as for any artistic work; being the site of multiple events of more than local significance that have permanent interest is enough as for any topic. Otherwise, all  colleges have web sites, and that's the place for the details.  DGG ( talk ) 23:16, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Improvement
Since the residence halls at Notre Dame are unique and have a particular tradition to them, yet some of them are not considered notable in themselves, I have created a page where they are all merged, as it has been done for Badin Hall by User:Unscintillating. Here is the page: User:Eccekevin/Residence Halls of The University of Notre Dame. There are many primary and secondary sources, but it can use improvement. As soon as it is ready, I propose it substitutes this page, so it preserves all the notable information on the single halls without creating 29 single pages.Eccekevin (talk) 00:41, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

Page move from Notre Dame residence halls to University of Notre Dame residence halls
For future reference - per the discussion in an articles for deletion at Articles for deletion/Notre Dame residence halls I requested this article be moved from Notre Dame residence halls to University of Notre Dame residence halls per WP:UNIGUIDE style guide to clarify that it is the university residence halls. This title change was in reference to the fact that there are many institutions named Notre Dame and this provides the reader a better understanding of which the primary noun is about. There is also a disambiguation page at Notre Dame right now which further reinforced this point. This is a non-controversial move. Randomeditor1000 (talk) 19:35, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

Fisher Hall
Fisher Hall is a male dorm located on South Quad, between South Dining Hall and Pangborn Hall (University of Notre Dame).



History
After World War II, Notre Dame saw a large increase in its student population, partially due to the influx of veterans under the new G.I. Bill. A record 4,400 students attended in 1946. To accommodate the increased population, president John J Cavanaugh initiated the construction of Farley Hall. The hall, which cost $762,00, was made possible due a 1 million dollar donation by Sally Fisher in honor of her late husband, Fred J. Fisher, the first president of the Fisher Body Company in Detroit, and former member of the board of trustees. The remaining money was allotted for financial aid for students. Originally it was meant to be built north of Farley Hall (where the North Dining Hall stands today), but it was later changed to the present location.

It was constructed in 1952 by Peter Schumacher and Sons Construction Co. of Mishawaka in the shape of a T. The original plans had to be adapted due to rising costs, and while the east wing was built with four floors, the west wing (containing the chapel) was only built to one floor, and the north–south wing only to two (although more were added later). When it opened, it contained 120 single rooms and 18 doubles and a social lounge, study room, and recreation room, and it was reserved for upperclassmen. It was flat roofed and not built in the traditional collegiate Gothic style of South Quad.

Summer 2001 renovations included a new social space and a new chapel. Over the years, renovations to Fisher Hall have created a mix of single, double, and quad rooms. Fisher Hall contains more single rooms than most other dorms at Notre Dame, and consequently receives several students who "float" for singles from across campus.

Fisher's sister dorms are Howard and Badin.

Traditions
Fisher Hall's signature event is the Fisher Regatta, hosted annually at the end of the spring semester. It consists of a race of boats made by students together with refreshments, games, and prizes. No conventional watercraft are allowed to compete, and no gasoline engines or motors are allowed, although paddles and oars less than 5 feet are permitted. The vessels can at times be outlandish, such as St. Edwar's Hall in 1991 who competed with a floating replica house, complete with a doghouse. Starting with the fourth annual edition in 1990, residence halls could submit as many vessels as desired, with crews from 4 to 10 people. The 1997 edition saw 26 amateur vessels, and was sponsored by the Alumni Association, Papa John's Pizza, Coca-Cola, and Subway Sandwiches. The regatta was founded by freshman Jay Farraher (class of 1990) in 1987. Various dorms compete by submitting homemade boat entries in races on Saint Mary's Lake, located on campus.

In the fall of 2002, a second signature event, the Fisher Hall Roofsit, was created to benefit a selected charity by having hall members sit on the roof of Fisher for 50 consecutive hours to commemorate the then 50th anniversary of the hall's construction. This event has been expanded over recent years to include a campus-wide dodgeball tournament, musical performances, and other social events. As of 2015, due to pressure from the university, the roofsit was discontinued.

A big "F" letter hangs on the side of the hall. The original insignia was placed in the 80s but was stolen by the residents of Pangborn Hall in 1991. It was replaced with a bigger plastic letter.

Notable residents
NDomer09 (talk) 13:42, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Regis Philbin '53 – Television Show Host
 * Joe Montana '79 – Super Bowl-winning quarterback
 * Orlando Woolridge '81 – NBA player
 * Tracy Jackson '81
 * LaPhonso Ellis '92 – NBA player
 * Allen Rossum '98 – NFL player
 * Ryan Shay '02 – marathon and half marathon champion
 * Julius Jones '04 – NFL player
 * Sam Grewe '21 – Paralympian

History


It was the 15th building built on campus, and one of four that was dedicated in 1955. Pangborn and other dorms built in the 1950s were meant to be temporary housing to accommodate a spike in enrollment caused by the G.I. Bill. Pangborn represented a modernist step away from collegiate gothic. The building was designed by architects Holabird, Root and Burgee of Chicago. The hall was originally built as a residence for male students, when its nickname was the Violence, but was converted to a women's dorm in 1992 and became the Pangborn Phoxes. Pangborn again became a women's dorm for the 2020–21 school year and became the Pangborn Phoenixes.

Pangborn's Chapel of the Annunciation of Our Lady, renovated in 1995, features carved-wood Stations of the Cross imported from northern Italy. The stained-glass windows honor eight saints canonized the year prior to the hall's dedication.

In January 2016 it was announced that the residents of Pangborn hall would move to the newly built Flaherty Hall. Pangborn hall will serve as a "swing hall" to host students from halls undergoing renovations: members of Walsh Hall for the 2016–17 academic year, members of Badin Hall for the 2017–2018 year, and members of Morrissey Hall for the 2018–2019 year. In the 2019–2020 Pangborn housed the members of a new community to move into Johnson Family Hall. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pangborn was used as housing for female students who had study abroad plans canceled as well as transfer students for the 2020–21 academic year. This brought change to the identity of Pangborn with the Phoenix selected as the new mascot and the Pang-Pong ping pong tournament as their signature event. There were plans for Pangborn to house the members of Sorin Hall during their renovation. However, with the closure of Zahm Hall beginning in the 2021–22 school year, Zahm will now be used as a transition dorm in place of Pangborn, and Pangborn will once again become a full time dorm for men under rector Fr. Bill Dailey, CSC. Upon being reestablished as a men's dorm again, the new members of Pangborn Hall chose "The Royals" as their mascot to fit the long time nickname of the hall, "The Pangborn Palace". The new men's hall members have also introduced traditions such as bedsheet banners for Notre Dame football games and cutting racing stripes into their hair as a sign of unity within the dorm.

Benefactor
Pangborn Hall was built in 1955, named for Thomas W. Pangborn and John C. Pangborn. The Pangborns made their money manufacturing sand-blasting-type equipment and headed the Pangborn Corporation in Hagerstown, Maryland. They were supporters of numerous educational, religious, scientific and charitable endeavors.

Thomas Pangborn was bestowed upon with several papaw awards and titles. He was named a Knight of Malta by Pope Pius XII in 1949 and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher in 1951. Pope John XXIII dubbed him a Knight of Saint Gregory the Great in 1958. and on July 15, 1960, made him Cameriere d'onore soprannumerari di Spada e Cappa di Sua Santità (Chamberlain of the Sword and Cape). In 1964 Pope Paul VI awarded the title of papal count through the Apostolic Delegation to the United States. The Apostolic Delegate at the time of his appointment, Egidio Vagnozzi, stated that Pangborn was the only current American papal count, and the first one created by Paul VI. Pangborn also served as trustee of the Catholic University of America the University of Maryland and was on the board of both Notre Dame and St. Mary's. He also donated funds for the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes. Pangborn park in Hagerstown, Pangborn Hall at the Catholic University of America, Pangborn Hall at Washington County Hospital, Pangborn Park in Hagerstown's East End and the Pangborn Memorial Auditorium at St. Mary's School are named after him.

Notable residents

 * John Paxson '83
 * Mike Wadsworth '66