Wallach Hall

Wallach Hall is the second oldest residence hall (or dormitory) on the campus of Columbia University, and currently houses undergraduate students from Columbia College as well as the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. It opened in 1905 as "Livingston Hall" after Robert Livingston, a Founding Father of the United States and alumnus of King's College, Columbia's predecessor, but its name was changed after Ira D. Wallach donated approximately $2 million towards its renovation. This gave rise to the joke, "Livingston signed the Declaration of Independence, Wallach signed a check." (Although a member of the committee of the Continental Congress that drafted the Declaration, Livingston did not actually sign the historic document.)

The building was home, among others, to Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac. In his autobiography "Vanity of Duluoz" he expressed his satisfaction with the move from neighboring Hartley Hall: [Kerouac, Jack, "Vanity of Duluoz", p.66]

Overhauled during the early 1980s, Wallach is currently, with Hartley, part of the Living and Learning Center (LLC), home to suite-style housing that intermingles all class levels and features interactive events designed to draw them together. An application process is required to obtain housing in either of the LLC dormitories.

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* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/housing/docs/residence-halls/wallach/index.html Wallach Hall at Columbia Housing]
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/reshalls/tour/wal/index.html Photo Tour of Wallach Hall]
*" [http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/cuhistory/archives/housing.htm Housing the Columbia Community] ", lecture by Professor Andrew S. Dolkart on October 5, 1999
*" [http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/sep05/cover.php Home on the Heights: 100 Years of Housing at Columbia] " by Michael Foss, "Columbia College Today", September 2005