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that houses the Katz Graduate School of Business and College of Business Administration Undergraduate Program. The building was built by the IKM/SGE partnership on the former site of

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and dedicated in 1983. The flagpole and a portion of the left and center field walls still exist just outside adjacent to the left plaza of the building. A bronze plaque indicates the portion over which Mazeroski's 1960 blast traveled. Mervis Hall is named after Lou and Myra G. Mervis, who established a trust fund for Pitt's Graduate School of Business in 1972. Lou Mervis, a business administration major as an undergraduate, was a

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star at Pitt under Coach

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. Mervis Hall was originally dedicated as the name of the building now called

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, which housed the Graduate School of Business from 1972 until it moved into the new Mervis Hall completed in 1983. Previous to this, business classes were held in the

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and Bruce Hall. A number of photos, engravings, watercolors and mixed media works hang on the second and third floors. The 1971 aluminum sculpture "Twin Circles Geared Together" by

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located on the second floor was a gift from

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. On the third floor, the

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lithograph, “Cosmic Athlete,” is among several works gracing the hallways. In the November, 2007, renovations on the building began and included a new $2.3 million, financial lab completed in 2008 which simulates global financial markets. The lab provides students with real-time stock market data and features a financial trading simulator, stock tickers, tote display boards, 58 computer stations, live news feeds, and classroom space. The lab also includes technology-enhanced breakout and conference rooms. In other phases of the renovation, an additional $2.3 million will create new suites for administration and information technology services, as well as a new suite for the Master of Business Administration program that will house the placement, admissions, and career services departments the third floor of Mervis Hall.

Gallery

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External links

Mervis Hall on Pitt's virtual Campus TourKatz Graduate School of Business360° panorama at the remnant of the outfield wall of Forbes Field's adjacent to Mervis Hall
{{Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh academic buildings School buildings completed in 1983 1983 establishments in Pennsylvania