Warren and Leta Giedt Hall

From the street From the patio

Warren and Leta Giedt Hall is a 650-seat, single-story classroom building located immediately north of Kemper Hall, in UC Davis's Engineering/Physical Sciences district. With two classrooms and three lecture theaters, including the 278-seat Ted and Rand Schaal Auditorium, Giedt Hall provides a state-of-the-art learning environment for students from across the campus. Engineering and geology classes receive scheduling priority for the new classrooms because two of the project's major donors are former engineering and geology professors.

Giedt Hall is named for mechanical and aeronautical engineering professor emeritus Warren Giedt and his wife, Leta. The Giedts (pronounced "Geets") donated $2.5 million toward the building's construction. (Dateline Article)

The Giedt Project is a local band named after the hall.

In March 2006, 18 temporary buildings on the site were demolished to make way for the new hall. These are the first "temporary" buildings to ever be removed from campus. See University Construction for other campus projects.

Giedt Hall construction, 8-10-06

Steel Erected 2006/09/01 2007-1-16

The front of the building isn't so bad. 2006-1-24

The sign announcing the construction

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2007-10-18 19:09:45   I remember when there was a ceremony honoring Giedt and the construction of the hall. I believe he was in poor health because he was in a wheel chair. I remember reading he died a month or two after the ceremony... so at least he got to attend and see that his charity was appreciated. —DanielWorthington

2007-10-18 22:37:45   According to mperkel there's a local band that shares the building's name: The Giedt Project.—robinlaughlin

2008-12-07 23:52:22   this place should seriously get wifi.. very inconvenient for that reason. —alexlee333